Governors State University: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Very GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Below AverageCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Very Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$95,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Governors State University 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
245
As a rule, adequately 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.

Monthly faculty salaries at Governors State University vary approximately from $5,000 to $11,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $95,000 a year, that is 29% lower than Illinois average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $7,534 a month on average; it is a bit lower than average men faculty salaries, $8,387 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
IL Average
Difference

Professor
$125,124
$183,286
-32%

Associate professor
$106,416
$129,451
-18%

Assistant professor
$90,612
$115,234
-21%

Instructor
$94,944
$87,138
+9%

Lecturer
$75,192
$86,355
-13%

Unranked Teacher
$71,928
$93,616
-23%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Governors State University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
10 : 1
Low
Governors State University has a good, 10:1 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 Governors State University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Governors State University consists of 34 professors, 59 associate professors, 79 assistant professors, 3 instructors, 56 lecturers, and 14 unranked teachers - 102 men and 143 women:
Governors State University 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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