Gordon College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - FairQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - BadCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Below Average

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Average
Faculty Salary
$84,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Gordon 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
72
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 Gordon College vary approximately from $4,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $84,000 a year - that is 48% lower than Massachusetts average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $6,599 a month on average; that is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries - $7,323 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MA Average
Difference

Professor
$93,684
$221,428
-58%

Associate professor
$86,856
$146,123
-41%

Assistant professor
$70,548
$126,764
-44%

Instructor
$56,484
$101,330
-44%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Gordon College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
14 : 1
Low
Gordon College has a pretty decent, 14:1 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 Gordon College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Gordon College includes 34 professors, 15 associate professors, 18 assistant professors, and 5 instructors - 39 men and 33 women:
Gordon 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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