SOWELA Technical Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$70,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for SOWELA Technical 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.

Faculty monthly salaries at SOWELA Technical Community College vary approximately from $5,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $70,000 a year, it is 30% lower than Louisiana average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $5,949 a month on average; it is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $5,739 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
LA Average
Difference

Professor
$89,712
$141,087
-36%

Associate professor
$78,372
$106,513
-26%

Assistant professor
$71,184
$97,937
-27%

Instructor
$68,724
$67,989
+1%

Unranked Teacher
$62,496
$65,011
-4%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

SOWELA Technical Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
16 : 1
Low
SOWELA Technical Community 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 SOWELA Technical Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at SOWELA Technical Community College includes 4 professors, 5 associate professors, 16 assistant professors, 75 instructors, and 3 unranked teachers - 48 men and 55 women:
SOWELA Technical 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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