Average Salaries of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty at 4-Year Colleges

Professors in law, engineering, and business made the most, on average; faculty in those disciplines can make more as associate professors than full professors make in most other fields.

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Professors in law, engineering, and business made the most, on average; faculty in those disciplines can make more as associate professors than full professors make in most other fields. Related Story:
Average Pay Increases for Tenure-Track Faculty Matched Inflation This Year

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Rank	Discipline	All institutions	Research universities	Other doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's
Professor	Legal professions and studies	$142,033	$159,879	$153,103	$123,501	$107,223
Professor	Engineering	$119,951	$130,844	$119,991	$101,675	$90,912
Professor	Business, management, marketing, and related support services	$118,344	$153,267	$123,984	$106,554	$90,115
Professor	Computer and information sciences and support services	$106,568	$131,036	$111,262	$99,135	$90,467
Associate	Legal professions and studies	$106,016	$117,755	$115,077	$93,163	$85,376
Professor	Architecture and related services	$102,902	$105,603	—	$89,519	—
New assistant	Business, management, marketing, and related support services	$102,248	$126,212	$109,794	$91,492	$71,947
Professor	Health professions and related programs	$100,901	$118,693	$92,345	$89,338	$81,378
New assistant	Legal professions and studies	$100,396	$107,344	—	$91,226	—
Associate	Business, management, marketing, and related support services	$100,066	$123,768	$104,645	$92,760	$78,447
Professor	Multi/interdisciplinary studies	$97,464	$120,029	$94,158	$84,983	$89,464
Professor	Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	$96,312	$105,669	$94,154	$81,883	$96,336
Professor	Biological and biomedical sciences	$96,241	$118,048	$104,955	$82,378	$78,958
Assistant	Business, management, marketing, and related support services	$95,268	$122,314	$100,227	$88,638	$69,562
Professor	Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	$94,432	$102,626	$89,990	$81,276	$73,484
Professor	Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields	$94,164	$121,999	$97,862	$88,362	$75,876
Professor	Natural resources and conservation	$93,540	$101,804	$98,495	$81,327	$84,297
Professor	Public administration and social-service professions	$93,098	$111,405	$96,714	$82,573	$72,645
Professor	Social sciences	$92,864	$110,032	$95,338	$85,496	$87,890
Professor	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	$92,783	$104,817	$97,052	$78,095	$67,946
Professor	Physical sciences	$92,452	$113,188	$95,328	$84,328	$83,737
Assistant	Legal professions and studies	$91,783	$104,924	$98,231	$78,386	$87,746
Associate	Engineering	$91,707	$96,459	$93,157	$84,543	$75,630
Professor	Philosophy and religious studies	$88,711	$102,280	$96,836	$83,838	$84,961
Professor	Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services	$88,577	$111,652	$87,460	$84,474	$69,532
Associate	Computer and information sciences and support services	$88,215	$104,153	$90,462	$84,285	$76,807
Professor	Mathematics and statistics	$88,057	$106,095	$90,696	$82,681	$78,851
Professor	Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	$87,952	$98,159	$87,884	$79,569	$89,644
Professor	Library science	$87,861	$98,553	$82,325	$76,708	—
Professor	Psychology	$87,500	$109,012	$91,203	$82,373	$78,841
Professor	Communication, journalism, and related programs	$87,353	$105,011	$92,113	$82,653	$74,380
Professor	Education	$86,630	$101,744	$88,901	$82,011	$74,139
Professor	Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities	$85,162	$95,859	$92,918	$80,792	$86,641
Professor	Communications technologies/technicians and support services	$85,051	—	—	$88,145	—
Professor	History general	$84,805	$99,817	$86,415	$81,609	$80,016
Professor	Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	$82,996	$103,378	$89,460	$79,810	$71,202
Professor	English language and literature/letters	$82,840	$97,253	$85,757	$80,636	$77,288
Professor	Visual and performing arts	$82,601	$91,433	$86,304	$78,701	$80,530
New assistant	Engineering	$80,183	$83,775	$83,906	$73,541	$67,042
Assistant	Engineering	$80,078	$83,667	$81,287	$74,514	$68,706
New assistant	Computer and information sciences and support services	$78,962	$92,047	$79,881	$72,025	$72,685
Associate	Health professions and related programs	$78,739	$88,399	$73,128	$74,224	$66,722
Associate	Architecture and related services	$78,077	$78,033	$78,944	$79,692	—
Associate	Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields	$77,099	$85,065	$76,602	$76,562	$66,563
Assistant	Computer and information sciences and support services	$75,294	$89,890	$78,519	$72,689	$62,530
Associate	Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	$74,437	$77,774	$69,138	$67,989	$77,389
Associate	Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	$74,386	$78,067	$82,283	$66,380	$66,271
Professor	Theology and religious vocations	$73,942	$107,141	$79,787	$74,593	$69,296
Associate	Multi/interdisciplinary studies	$73,782	$82,365	$78,499	$71,289	$64,027
Associate	Natural resources and conservation	$72,547	$76,804	$78,452	$66,714	$66,232
Associate	Biological and biomedical sciences	$72,104	$83,411	$80,025	$65,054	$63,347
Associate	Social sciences	$71,723	$79,514	$74,197	$68,181	$69,066
Associate	Public administration and social-service professions	$71,682	$79,122	$72,944	$69,095	$60,535
Associate	Communications technologies/technicians and support services	$70,667	—	$67,524	$75,888	$60,965
Associate	Physical sciences	$70,255	$80,735	$72,336	$65,933	$65,794
Associate	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	$69,832	$76,743	$67,766	$63,406	$59,278
Associate	Library science	$69,788	$77,395	$71,112	$63,702	—
New assistant	Health professions and related programs	$68,574	$79,073	$64,306	$64,215	$56,592
Associate	Mathematics and statistics	$68,510	$77,877	$70,583	$65,710	$63,732
Associate	Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services	$67,849	$76,945	$67,918	$66,978	$58,238
Associate	Education	$67,831	$73,487	$69,177	$66,455	$61,769
Associate	Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	$67,754	$76,600	$69,667	$65,935	$61,437
Associate	Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	$67,745	$70,129	$65,649	$64,677	$69,672
Associate	Psychology	$67,502	$76,717	$70,095	$65,113	$63,252
Assistant	Health professions and related programs	$67,160	$74,238	$64,327	$64,002	$58,152
Associate	Communication, journalism, and related programs	$67,077	$74,347	$68,626	$66,059	$60,355
Assistant	Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields	$67,053	$73,526	$69,274	$66,461	$58,926
Associate	Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities	$66,531	$72,958	$67,791	$63,820	$67,262
New assistant	Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields	$66,389	$69,771	$74,118	$64,394	$60,828
Associate	Philosophy and religious studies	$66,239	$71,902	$69,324	$63,653	$65,363
Assistant	Architecture and related services	$64,903	$65,262	$70,434	$61,654	—
Assistant	Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	$64,868	$69,567	$67,284	$57,972	$58,366
Associate	History general	$64,844	$70,911	$66,553	$63,307	$62,586
New assistant	Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	$64,823	$71,567	—	$56,666	—
Associate	Visual and performing arts	$64,506	$68,355	$66,927	$62,737	$63,218
New assistant	Architecture and related services	$64,352	$65,334	—	—	—
Associate	English language and literature/letters	$64,009	$69,181	$66,470	$63,318	$61,158
New assistant	Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	$63,075	$63,753	—	$62,968	$60,244
New assistant	Multi/interdisciplinary studies	$62,670	$66,276	—	$56,448	$57,954
New assistant	Social sciences	$62,443	$69,426	$64,636	$57,900	$58,253
Assistant	Biological and biomedical sciences	$61,861	$72,488	$68,027	$55,907	$54,716
New assistant	Natural resources and conservation	$61,827	$67,090	—	$57,549	$53,330
Assistant	Natural resources and conservation	$61,790	$65,725	—	$57,904	$57,453
Assistant	Multi/interdisciplinary studies	$61,646	$65,840	$64,877	$59,952	$57,602
New assistant	Biological and biomedical sciences	$61,464	$72,138	$69,251	$55,396	$54,118
New assistant	Physical sciences	$61,204	$72,196	$60,326	$55,899	$57,037
Assistant	Social sciences	$61,155	$67,731	$63,757	$58,057	$58,556
New assistant	Mathematics and statistics	$60,924	$71,412	$64,569	$55,459	$53,330
Associate	Theology and religious vocations	$60,804	$74,196	$60,490	$60,211	$58,439
Assistant	Physical sciences	$60,404	$70,466	$62,711	$56,013	$56,353
Assistant	Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	$60,356	$61,512	$60,738	$57,068	$62,173
Assistant	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	$59,849	$64,495	$57,223	$55,601	$54,090
New assistant	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	$59,773	$62,601	$57,849	$56,385	—
Assistant	Public administration and social-service professions	$59,650	$66,385	$61,243	$57,276	$50,650
New assistant	Public administration and social-service professions	$59,222	$66,663	$57,372	$56,661	$53,620
New assistant	Psychology	$59,221	$66,816	$57,430	$55,865	$53,513
Assistant	Mathematics and statistics	$58,917	$69,874	$60,097	$56,065	$53,976
Assistant	Library science	$57,956	$63,148	$57,637	$53,144	—
New assistant	Theology and religious vocations	$57,857	—	—	$57,817	—
Assistant	Communications technologies/technicians and support services	$57,819	—	—	$58,267	—
Assistant	Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities	$57,811	$60,672	$57,978	$56,743	$54,362
Assistant	Psychology	$57,695	$65,900	$59,313	$55,819	$53,952
Assistant	Education	$57,617	$61,404	$59,607	$56,832	$52,887
Assistant	Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services	$57,299	$63,433	$57,282	$57,328	$51,911
New assistant	Library science	$57,112	$62,057	—	$48,582	—
New assistant	Communication, journalism, and related programs	$56,804	$61,063	$62,187	$54,914	$51,247
New assistant	Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities	$56,778	$63,498	—	$50,779	—
New assistant	Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services	$56,675	$60,929	$56,938	$57,067	$49,501
New assistant	Education	$56,602	$61,052	$58,120	$54,940	$52,807
Assistant	Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	$56,543	$64,474	$61,088	$55,062	$50,908
Assistant	Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	$56,486	$59,314	$57,332	$53,937	$56,797
New assistant	Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	$56,081	$58,927	$57,560	$53,247	$56,686
New assistant	Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	$56,051	$63,044	$55,655	$54,221	$49,506
Assistant	Communication, journalism, and related programs	$55,995	$59,802	$57,806	$55,161	$52,138
Assistant	Philosophy and religious studies	$55,844	$59,359	$58,180	$54,066	$55,063
New assistant	Philosophy and religious studies	$55,644	$58,887	$55,149	$54,795	$52,836
Assistant	History general	$55,270	$59,373	$56,966	$53,555	$54,670
New assistant	History general	$55,109	$60,190	$52,632	$52,835	$55,245
Assistant	Visual and performing arts	$54,138	$56,471	$55,710	$52,969	$53,350
Assistant	English language and literature/letters	$54,084	$58,403	$57,175	$53,119	$51,841
New assistant	English language and literature/letters	$53,968	$57,625	$57,833	$51,991	$51,982
Assistant	Theology and religious vocations	$53,802	$65,276	—	$53,498	$51,259
New assistant	Visual and performing arts	$53,624	$55,031	$55,199	$52,762	$52,672
New assistant	Communications technologies/technicians and support services	$52,569	—	—	—	—

Source: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources

Notes: Research universities are doctorate-granting institutions that the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified as having either high or very high research activity. Other doctoral are doctoral/research universities that have a lower level of research activity. A dash indicates insufficient data.

Average Salaries of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty at 4-Year Colleges, 2012-13

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