Meridian College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - FairQuality:Education Quality Rating - PoorSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Fair

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Average
Faculty Salary
$45,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Meridian 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
4
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 Meridian College vary approximately from $3,000 to $4,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $45,000 a year, it is 59% lower than Florida average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $3,722 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $3,833 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
FL Average
Difference

Instructor
$45,000
$72,600
-38%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Meridian College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
18 : 1
Medium
Meridian 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 Meridian College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Meridian College consists of 4 instructors - 1 man and 3 women:
Meridian College Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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