Palm Beach State College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - Below AverageSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Excellent

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Average
Faculty Salary
$81,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Palm Beach State 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
307
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 Palm Beach State College vary approximately from $6,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $81,000 a year, that is 26% lower than Florida average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $6,827 a month on average; that is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $6,598 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
FL Average
Difference

Professor
$91,224
$159,147
-43%

Associate professor
$81,372
$120,454
-32%

Assistant professor
$79,272
$102,310
-23%

Instructor
$77,244
$72,600
+6%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Palm Beach State College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
27 : 1
High
Palm Beach State College has a bit disappointing, 27:1 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 Palm Beach State College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Palm Beach State College consists of 56 professors, 32 associate professors, 79 assistant professors, and 140 instructors - 132 men and 175 women:
Palm Beach State 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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