West Coast University Orange County: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$104,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for West Coast University Orange County 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
99
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 West Coast University Orange County vary approximately from $8,000 to $12,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $104,000 a year - it is 32% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $8,596 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $8,884 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Professor
$121,344
$220,913
-45%

Associate professor
$111,300
$152,288
-27%

Assistant professor
$102,828
$130,634
-21%

Instructor
$99,204
$124,802
-21%

Unranked Teacher
$134,700
$102,335
+32%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

West Coast University Orange County Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
20 : 1
Medium
West Coast University Orange County has a reasonably decent, 20:1 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 West Coast University Orange County versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at West Coast University Orange County consists of 4 professors, 14 associate professors, 37 assistant professors, 41 instructors, and 3 unranked teachers - 31 men and 68 women:
West Coast University Orange County 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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