Fortis College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Below AverageQuality:Education Quality Rating - BadSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Fair

ReviewMajors / RatingsFaculty / SalariesCampus Crime

Average
Faculty Salary
$55,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Fortis 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
7
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 vary approximately from $4,000 to $5,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $55,000 a year - that is 52% lower than Texas average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $4,590 a month on average; that is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $4,663 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
TX Average
Difference

Instructor
$55,332
$78,978
-30%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Fortis College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
18 : 1
Medium
Fortis College has a reasonably decent, 18:1 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 Fortis College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Fortis College includes 7 instructors - 2 men and 5 women:
Fortis 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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