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Average
Faculty Salary
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.
In this report for
University of South Carolina Sumter 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
39
As a rule, well-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 University of South Carolina Sumter vary approximately from $5,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $81,000 a year, which is 20% lower than South Carolina average faculty compensation.
Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,577 a month on average; which is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $6,990 a month.
Faculty Rank
School Average
SC Average
Difference
Professor
$107,124
$145,963
-27%
Associate professor
$82,404
$111,445
-26%
Assistant professor
$80,796
$97,049
-17%
Instructor
$63,168
$73,298
-14%
Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Students to
Faculty Ratio
16 : 1
Low
University of South Carolina Sumter has a decent, 16:1 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 University of South Carolina Sumter versus nearby colleges.
Faculty Ranking and Demographics
The full-time faculty at University of South Carolina Sumter includes 12 professors, 3 associate professors, 7 assistant professors, and 17 instructors - 19 men and 20 women:

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