Lake Michigan College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$107,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Lake Michigan 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
53
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 Lake Michigan College vary approximately from $5,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $107,000 a year, that is 17% lower than Michigan average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $8,770 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $9,158 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MI Average
Difference

Instructor
$116,532
$93,561
+25%

Lecturer
$65,532
$98,372
-33%

Unranked Teacher
$91,200
$86,701
+5%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Lake Michigan College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Lake Michigan College has a pretty good, 13:1 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 Lake Michigan College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Lake Michigan College includes 37 instructors, 3 lecturers, and 13 unranked teachers - 25 men and 28 women:
Lake Michigan 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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