McPherson College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - FairQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Very GoodCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Poor

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Average
Faculty Salary
$80,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for McPherson 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
52
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.

Monthly faculty salaries at McPherson College vary approximately from $4,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $80,000 a year - which is 19% lower than Kansas average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,701 a month on average; it is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $6,648 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
KS Average
Difference

Professor
$92,736
$127,468
-27%

Associate professor
$74,052
$103,586
-29%

Assistant professor
$75,072
$91,014
-18%

Lecturer
$48,036
$78,254
-39%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

McPherson College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
McPherson 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 McPherson College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at McPherson College includes 17 professors, 15 associate professors, 19 assistant professors, and 1 lecturer - 31 men and 21 women:
McPherson 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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