Fortis College Columbia: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$69,000

Bad

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Fortis College Columbia 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

10

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 Fortis College Columbia vary approximately from $5,000 to $6,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $69,000 a year - which is 32% lower than South Carolina average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $5,847 a month on average; that is slightly higher than average men faculty salaries - $5,000 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

20 : 1

Medium

Fortis College Columbia has a reasonably decent, 20:1 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 Fortis College Columbia versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Fortis College Columbia includes 10 instructors - 1 man and 9 women:


Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is typically assigned by the college itself.