Rio Salado College: Faculty & Salaries

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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 Rio Salado 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
45
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 Rio Salado College vary approximately from $7,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $90,000 a year - which is 26% lower than Arizona average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $8,005 a month on average; that is a bit higher than average men faculty salaries - $6,525 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
AZ Average
Difference

Unranked Teacher
$90,144
$105,341
-14%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Rio Salado College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
28 : 1
High
Rio Salado College has a bit disappointing, 28:1 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 Rio Salado College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Rio Salado College includes 45 unranked teachers - 15 men and 30 women:
Rio Salado 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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