Sonoran Desert Institute: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - PoorQuality:Education Quality Rating - Very BadSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - FairCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Excellent

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Average
Faculty Salary
$54,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Sonoran Desert Institute 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
9
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Sonoran Desert Institute vary approximately from $4,000 to $5,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $54,000 a year - it is 56% lower than Arizona average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $4,558 a month on average; it is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $4,475 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
AZ Average
Difference

Unranked Teacher
$54,024
$105,341
-49%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Sonoran Desert Institute Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
39 : 1
High
Sonoran Desert Institute has a quite disappointing, 39:1 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 Sonoran Desert Institute versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Sonoran Desert Institute consists of 9 unranked teachers - 6 men and 3 women:
Sonoran Desert Institute 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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