Reading Area Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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

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Average
Faculty Salary
$79,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Reading Area 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
56
As a rule, well-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 Reading Area Community College vary approximately from $5,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $79,000 a year - it is 38% lower than Pennsylvania average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $6,549 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $6,607 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
PA Average
Difference

Professor
$92,736
$178,258
-48%

Associate professor
$80,424
$125,227
-36%

Assistant professor
$75,804
$105,384
-28%

Instructor
$74,316
$80,559
-8%

Unranked Teacher
$61,884
$73,737
-16%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Reading Area Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
19 : 1
Medium
Reading Area Community College has a reasonably decent, 19:1 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 Reading Area Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Reading Area Community College consists of 13 professors, 12 associate professors, 14 assistant professors, 10 instructors, and 7 unranked teachers - 11 men and 45 women:
Reading Area Community College 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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