NorthWest Arkansas Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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

In this report for NorthWest Arkansas 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
152
As a rule, adequately 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 NorthWest Arkansas Community College vary approximately from $5,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $79,000 a year - it is 11% lower than Arkansas average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,403 a month on average; that is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $6,840 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
AR Average
Difference

Professor
$83,772
$128,105
-35%

Associate professor
$77,676
$99,541
-22%

Assistant professor
$71,292
$87,024
-18%

Instructor
$86,232
$64,897
+33%

Unranked Teacher
$76,608
$63,783
+20%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

NorthWest Arkansas Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
NorthWest Arkansas Community College 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 NorthWest Arkansas Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at NorthWest Arkansas Community College includes 26 professors, 8 associate professors, 7 assistant professors, 21 instructors, and 90 unranked teachers - 62 men and 90 women:
NorthWest Arkansas Community 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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