FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$73,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 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
8
As a rule, adequately 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 FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising vary approximately from $6,000 to $7,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $73,000 a year - it is 52% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $6,794 a month on average; it is slightly higher than average men faculty salaries - $5,711 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Instructor
$73,404
$124,802
-41%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
17 : 1
Medium
FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising has a decent, 17:1 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 FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising consists of 8 instructors - 5 men and 3 women:
FIDM Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 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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