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Almanac 2013: Profession

 
August 19, 2013
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Profession

Trending this year: Divisions grew on many campuses in 2012-13. Administrators and faculty members clashed over the direction of their institutions, and several campus leaders were the subject of no-confidence votes. Disparities in working conditions between segments of the professoriate persisted or increased, with full-time adjuncts continuing to earn far less than their tenured counterparts, and public-college professors falling even further behind their peers at private colleges in pay.

Full analysis: On Campuses, Clashes, Pay Divides, and Limited Careers

The Data

Faculty Pay

  • Average Salaries of Full-Time Faculty Members, by Rank and Type of Institution, 2012-13

  • Average Median Salaries of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Members at 4-Year Colleges, by Discipline and Rank, 2012-13

  • Average Faculty Salaries at 1,142 Colleges, 2012-13

  • Highest- and Lowest-Paid Disciplines for Adjuncts, 2012-13

Presidents’ Pay

  • Executive Compensation for 214 Presidents of Public Universities, FY 2012

  • Executive Compensation for 494 Presidents of Private Colleges, 2010

  • Lowest-Paid Chief Executives of Public and Private Nonprofit Colleges

Administrators’ Pay

  • Median Salaries of Senior College Administrators, by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2012-13

  • Median Salaries of Higher-Education Professionals, by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2012-13

Characteristics

  • Share of Full-Time Instructional Faculty With Tenure for Degree-Granting Institutions With a Tenure System, by Institution Type and Gender, 2011-12

  • Race and Ethnicity of College Administrators, Faculty, and Staff, Fall 2011

  • Distribution of Presidents and Senior Administrators at 4-Year Institutions, by Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, 2012

  • Background of New College Chief Executives, 2012-13

  • Newly Appointed Deans in Selected Fields, by Gender, 2012-13

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Profession

Trending this year: Divisions grew on many campuses in 2012-13. Administrators and faculty members clashed over the direction of their institutions, and several campus leaders were the subject of no-confidence votes. Disparities in working conditions between segments of the professoriate persisted or increased, with full-time adjuncts continuing to earn far less than their tenured counterparts, and public-college professors falling even further behind their peers at private colleges in pay.

Full analysis: On Campuses, Clashes, Pay Divides, and Limited Careers

The Data

Faculty Pay

  • Average Salaries of Full-Time Faculty Members, by Rank and Type of Institution, 2012-13

  • Average Median Salaries of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Members at 4-Year Colleges, by Discipline and Rank, 2012-13

  • Average Faculty Salaries at 1,142 Colleges, 2012-13

  • Highest- and Lowest-Paid Disciplines for Adjuncts, 2012-13

Presidents’ Pay

  • Executive Compensation for 214 Presidents of Public Universities, FY 2012

  • Executive Compensation for 494 Presidents of Private Colleges, 2010

  • Lowest-Paid Chief Executives of Public and Private Nonprofit Colleges

Administrators’ Pay

  • Median Salaries of Senior College Administrators, by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2012-13

  • Median Salaries of Higher-Education Professionals, by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2012-13

Characteristics

  • Share of Full-Time Instructional Faculty With Tenure for Degree-Granting Institutions With a Tenure System, by Institution Type and Gender, 2011-12

  • Race and Ethnicity of College Administrators, Faculty, and Staff, Fall 2011

  • Distribution of Presidents and Senior Administrators at 4-Year Institutions, by Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, 2012

  • Background of New College Chief Executives, 2012-13

  • Newly Appointed Deans in Selected Fields, by Gender, 2012-13

Highlights

$167,000

Average salary of full professors at the University of California at Los Angeles, the highest paid among faculty at public universities.

$179,200

Average salary of full professors at the California Institute of Technology, ranked just 10th among the highest-paying private universities. See which other universities are among those that offer their faculty the highest pay.

8.3%

Percentage of college presidents who are 50 or younger.

10%

Share of new presidents hired from noncollege positions in the past academic year. Learn more about characteristics of campus chief executives in these two tables.

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