Northwestern Michigan College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Very GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - GoodCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Excellent

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Average
Faculty Salary
$103,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Northwestern Michigan 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
79
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 Northwestern Michigan College vary approximately from $8,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $103,000 a year - which is 20% lower than Michigan average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $8,491 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $8,675 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MI Average
Difference

Unranked Teacher
$103,068
$86,701
+19%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Northwestern Michigan College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
11 : 1
Low
Northwestern Michigan College has a good, 11:1 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 Michigan College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Northwestern Michigan College consists of 79 unranked teachers - 42 men and 37 women:
Northwestern Michigan 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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