Southern College of Optometry: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$125,000

Fair

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

In this report for Southern College of Optometry 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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Southern College of Optometry vary approximately from $7,000 to $13,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $125,000 a year, which is 14% higher than Tennessee average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $9,849 a month on average; which is a bit lower than average men faculty salaries - $11,366 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

20 : 1

Medium

Southern College of Optometry 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 Southern College of Optometry versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Southern College of Optometry consists of 12 professors, 27 associate professors, 11 assistant professors, and 6 instructors - 21 men and 35 women:


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