Georgia Highlands College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$79,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Georgia Highlands 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
113
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 Georgia Highlands College vary approximately from $3,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $79,000 a year - which is 28% lower than Georgia average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $6,515 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $6,626 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
GA Average
Difference

Professor
$90,192
$153,056
-41%

Associate professor
$79,716
$115,735
-31%

Assistant professor
$69,276
$102,552
-32%

Instructor
$66,072
$64,606
+2%

Unranked Teacher
$44,988
$69,185
-35%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Georgia Highlands College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
20 : 1
Medium
Georgia Highlands College has a reasonably decent, 20:1 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 Georgia Highlands College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Georgia Highlands College consists of 39 professors, 30 associate professors, 33 assistant professors, 10 instructors, and 1 unranked teacher - 50 men and 63 women:
Georgia Highlands 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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