Kauai Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$115,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Kauai Community 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
41
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Kauai Community College vary approximately from $7,000 to $12,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $115,000 a year, that is 15% lower than Hawaii average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $9,545 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $9,567 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
HI Average
Difference

Professor
$142,020
$172,580
-18%

Associate professor
$113,136
$132,750
-15%

Assistant professor
$109,080
$113,815
-4%

Instructor
$94,560
$91,704
+3%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

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

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Kauai Community College consists of 9 professors, 5 associate professors, 21 assistant professors, and 6 instructors - 22 men and 19 women:
Kauai Community 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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