Western Technical College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$99,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Western Technical 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
188
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 Western Technical College vary approximately from $8,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $99,000 a year, which is 14% lower than Wisconsin average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $8,358 a month on average; which is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $8,162 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
WI Average
Difference

Instructor
$99,276
$107,536
-8%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Western Technical College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
9 : 1
Low
Western Technical College has a good, 9:1 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 Western Technical College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Western Technical College consists of 188 instructors - 82 men and 106 women:
Western Technical College 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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