Springfield College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Very GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - BadCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Poor

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Average
Faculty Salary
$96,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Springfield 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
197
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 Springfield College vary approximately from $6,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $96,000 a year - it is 41% lower than Massachusetts average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $7,957 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $7,995 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MA Average
Difference

Professor
$119,868
$221,428
-46%

Associate professor
$99,972
$146,123
-32%

Assistant professor
$84,528
$126,764
-33%

Instructor
$74,664
$101,330
-26%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Springfield College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
11 : 1
Low
Springfield College has a good, 11:1 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 Springfield College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Springfield College consists of 41 professors, 52 associate professors, 98 assistant professors, and 6 instructors - 77 men and 120 women:
Springfield 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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