South College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - ExcellentQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - OustandingCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Very Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$100,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for South 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
313
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.

Monthly faculty salaries at South College vary approximately from $6,000 to $13,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $100,000 a year - which is 9% lower than Tennessee average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $8,066 a month on average; which is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $8,855 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
TN Average
Difference

Professor
$147,576
$156,411
-6%

Associate professor
$131,268
$109,142
+20%

Assistant professor
$98,976
$95,095
+4%

Instructor
$83,316
$70,476
+18%

Unranked Teacher
$133,356
$78,608
+70%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

South College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
16 : 1
Low
South College has a decent, 16:1 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 South College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at South College includes 16 professors, 45 associate professors, 108 assistant professors, 139 instructors, and 5 unranked teachers - 96 men and 217 women:
South 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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