Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$79,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting 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
9
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 Institute of Surgical Assisting vary approximately from $6,000 to $7,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $79,000 a year - which is 28% lower than Tennessee average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $6,555 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $6,664 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
TN Average
Difference

Instructor
$79,392
$70,476
+13%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
85 : 1
High
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting has a quite bad, 85:1 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 Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting includes 9 instructors - 5 men and 4 women:
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting 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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