Northwood University: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - OustandingQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - ExcellentCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Below Average

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Average
Faculty Salary
$90,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Northwood University 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
47
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 Northwood University vary approximately from $7,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $90,000 a year, that is 30% lower than Michigan average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $7,148 a month on average; which is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries - $7,799 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MI Average
Difference

Professor
$98,100
$173,000
-43%

Associate professor
$93,648
$128,558
-27%

Assistant professor
$87,552
$108,858
-20%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Northwood University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
8 : 1
Low
Northwood University has a good, 8:1 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 Northwood University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Northwood University consists of 3 professors, 17 associate professors, and 27 assistant professors - 28 men and 19 women:
Northwood University 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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