Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$70,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie 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
13
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 Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie vary approximately from $5,000 to $6,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $70,000 a year - which is 36% lower than Florida average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $5,880 a month on average; it is slightly higher than average men faculty salaries, $5,335 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
FL Average
Difference

Instructor
$69,552
$72,600
-4%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
21 : 1
Medium
Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie has a reasonably decent, 21:1 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 Institute Port Saint Lucie versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie includes 13 instructors - 2 men and 11 women:
Fortis Institute Port Saint Lucie 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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