Parkland College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - FairQuality:Education Quality Rating - PoorSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Very Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$107,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Parkland 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
149
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 Parkland College vary approximately from $5,000 to $11,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $107,000 a year, that is 20% lower than Illinois average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $9,082 a month on average; that is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $8,782 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
IL Average
Difference

Professor
$125,628
$183,286
-31%

Associate professor
$106,176
$129,451
-18%

Assistant professor
$104,112
$115,234
-10%

Instructor
$67,896
$87,138
-22%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Parkland College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
15 : 1
Low
Parkland College has a pretty decent, 15:1 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 Parkland College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Parkland College includes 60 professors, 57 associate professors, 6 assistant professors, and 26 instructors - 72 men and 77 women:
Parkland 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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