Diablo Valley College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$120,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Diablo Valley College we provide you with information about faculty structure, salaries, and class sizes, as well as comparisons to competing and nearby colleges.

Faculty Compensation and Workload

Full-time
Faculty
274
As a rule, adequately compensated instructors are better motivated and have more opportunities to concentrate on teaching; therefore, we consider faculty compensation to be an important factor for evaluating education quality.

Faculty monthly salaries at Diablo Valley College vary approximately from $9,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $120,000 a year, it is 21% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $9,979 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $10,007 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Instructor
$119,904
$124,802
-4%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Diablo Valley College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
24 : 1
Medium
Diablo Valley College has a reasonable, 24:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios usually imply smaller class size, more attention to students, better quality of education, and higher satisfaction both for students and instructors. High ratios are usually a sign of the opposite.

Use the charts above to compare faculty compensation and workload at Diablo Valley College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Diablo Valley College consists of 274 instructors - 123 men and 151 women:
Diablo Valley College Faculty Demographics Chart

Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is typically assigned by the college itself.

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