River Parishes Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$73,000

Bad

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for River Parishes 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, 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 River Parishes Community College vary approximately from $5,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $73,000 a year, it is 28% lower than Louisiana average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,009 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $6,165 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

20 : 1

Medium

River Parishes Community College has a reasonably decent, 20:1 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 River Parishes Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at River Parishes Community College consists of 7 professors, 4 associate professors, 7 assistant professors, and 38 instructors - 22 men and 34 women:


Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is typically assigned by the college itself.