Kettering University: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$111,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Kettering 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
99
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 Kettering University vary approximately from $7,000 to $11,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $111,000 a year, it is 14% lower than Michigan average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $8,823 a month on average; that is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $9,360 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MI Average
Difference

Professor
$128,604
$173,000
-26%

Associate professor
$115,644
$128,558
-10%

Assistant professor
$108,036
$108,858
-1%

Lecturer
$87,696
$98,372
-11%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Kettering University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
12 : 1
Low
Kettering University has a pretty good, 12:1 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 Kettering University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Kettering University includes 30 professors, 23 associate professors, 20 assistant professors, and 26 lecturers - 74 men and 25 women:
Kettering 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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