Fortis Institute: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Below AverageQuality:Education Quality Rating - BadSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Fair

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Average
Faculty Salary
$58,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Fortis Institute 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
7
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 Fortis Institute vary approximately from $4,000 to $5,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $58,000 a year - which is 50% lower than Texas average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $5,064 a month on average; that is a bit higher than average men faculty salaries, $4,166 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
TX Average
Difference

Instructor
$57,684
$78,978
-27%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Fortis Institute Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
23 : 1
Medium
Fortis Institute has a reasonable, 23:1 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 Fortis Institute versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Fortis Institute consists of 7 instructors - 2 men and 5 women:
Fortis Institute 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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