Elgin Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$132,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Elgin Community 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
143
As a rule, well-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 Elgin Community College vary approximately from $7,000 to $14,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $132,000 a year - that is 1% lower than Illinois average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $10,921 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $11,043 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
IL Average
Difference

Professor
$165,360
$183,286
-10%

Associate professor
$135,132
$129,451
+4%

Assistant professor
$114,372
$115,234
-1%

Instructor
$85,872
$87,138
-1%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Elgin Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
18 : 1
Medium
Elgin Community College has a reasonably decent, 18:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios typically 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 Elgin Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Elgin Community College includes 58 professors, 27 associate professors, 22 assistant professors, and 36 instructors - 72 men and 71 women:
Elgin Community College Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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