Northern Virginia Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$111,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Northern Virginia Community 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
582
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 Northern Virginia Community College vary approximately from $4,000 to $11,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $111,000 a year, it is 12% lower than Virginia average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $9,129 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $9,371 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
VA Average
Difference

Professor
$125,016
$171,267
-27%

Associate professor
$112,368
$124,723
-10%

Assistant professor
$101,916
$108,430
-6%

Instructor
$92,616
$80,891
+14%

Lecturer
$52,188
$82,013
-36%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Northern Virginia Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
28 : 1
High
Northern Virginia Community College has a bit disappointing, 28:1 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 Northern Virginia Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Northern Virginia Community College consists of 206 professors, 162 associate professors, 119 assistant professors, 85 instructors, and 10 lecturers - 249 men and 333 women:
Northern Virginia Community 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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