Northwestern College Oak Lawn: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$85,000

Bad

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Northwestern College Oak Lawn 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

12

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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Northwestern College Oak Lawn vary approximately from $5,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $85,000 a year, it is 36% lower than Illinois average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,446 a month on average; it is way lower than average men faculty salaries, $8,922 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

12 : 1

Low

Northwestern College Oak Lawn has a pretty good, 12:1 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 Northwestern College Oak Lawn versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Northwestern College Oak Lawn includes 3 professors, 5 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, and 2 instructors - 3 men and 9 women:


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