Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$85,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Southwestern Indian Polytechnic 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
17
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 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute vary approximately from $7,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $85,000 a year - that is 17% lower than New Mexico average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $7,042 a month on average; that is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $7,118 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
NM Average
Difference

Instructor
$85,092
$75,563
+13%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
7 : 1
Low
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has a very good, 7:1 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 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute includes 17 instructors - 11 men and 6 women:
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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