Southern Maine Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$94,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Southern Maine 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
103
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 Southern Maine Community College vary approximately from $7,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $94,000 a year - it is 17% lower than Maine average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $7,665 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $7,981 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
ME Average
Difference

Professor
$101,988
$153,075
-33%

Associate professor
$92,748
$122,502
-24%

Assistant professor
$92,844
$97,002
-4%

Instructor
$85,260
$81,354
+5%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Southern Maine Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
20 : 1
Medium
Southern Maine 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 Southern Maine Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Southern Maine Community College consists of 39 professors, 20 associate professors, 12 assistant professors, and 32 instructors - 53 men and 50 women:
Southern Maine Community 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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Southern New Hampshire University Rating
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Bunker Hill Community College Rating
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Middlesex Community College Rating
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NHTI Concord's Community College Rating
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Manchester Community College New Hampshire Rating
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Central Maine Community College Rating
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Northern Essex Community College Rating
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Great Bay Community College Rating
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York County Community College Rating
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