Orion Technical College: Faculty & Salaries

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

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Average
Faculty Salary
$36,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Orion Technical 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
4
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 Orion Technical College vary approximately from $3,000 to $4,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $36,000 a year - which is 68% lower than Iowa average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $3,025 a month on average; it is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $3,005 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
IA Average
Difference

Instructor
$36,120
$75,852
-52%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Orion Technical College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
11 : 1
Low
Orion Technical College has a good, 11:1 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 Orion Technical College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Orion Technical College includes 4 instructors - 3 men and 1 woman:
Orion Technical 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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