Portland Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$104,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Portland Community 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
393
As a rule, properly 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 Portland Community College vary approximately from $8,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $104,000 a year, which is 13% lower than Oregon average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $8,486 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $8,790 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
OR Average
Difference

Instructor
$103,524
$95,467
+8%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Portland Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
17 : 1
Medium
Portland Community College has a decent, 17:1 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 Portland Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Portland Community College includes 393 instructors - 182 men and 211 women:
Portland Community 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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