Galen College of Nursing Nashville: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - FairSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Very Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$75,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Galen College of Nursing Nashville 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
12
As a rule, properly 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 Galen College of Nursing Nashville vary approximately from $6,000 to $7,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $75,000 a year, that is 32% lower than Tennessee average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $6,276 a month on average; which is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $5,959 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
TN Average
Difference

Instructor
$75,000
$70,476
+6%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Galen College of Nursing Nashville Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Galen College of Nursing Nashville has a pretty good, 13:1 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 Galen College of Nursing Nashville versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Galen College of Nursing Nashville consists of 12 instructors - 1 man and 11 women:
Galen College of Nursing Nashville 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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