Midwestern University Downers Grove: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$141,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Midwestern University Downers Grove 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
155
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 Midwestern University Downers Grove vary approximately from $4,000 to $14,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $141,000 a year, it is 11% higher than Illinois average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $11,267 a month on average; it is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $12,343 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
IL Average
Difference

Professor
$166,464
$176,996
-6%

Associate professor
$140,052
$122,471
+14%

Assistant professor
$140,160
$108,827
+29%

Instructor
$68,808
$85,339
-19%

Unranked Teacher
$51,000
$104,103
-51%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Midwestern University Downers Grove Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Midwestern University Downers Grove has a pretty good, 13:1 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 Midwestern University Downers Grove versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Midwestern University Downers Grove consists of 27 professors, 35 associate professors, 86 assistant professors, 3 instructors, and 4 unranked teachers - 70 men and 85 women:
Midwestern University Downers Grove 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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