The 10 highest-paying public doctoral institutions, private nonprofit doctoral institutions, and private nonprofit baccalaureate institutions all paid full-time associate professors, on average, more than $100,000 a year. Eight master’s institutions and only one associate or baccalaureate/associate institution paid average salaries in the six figures.
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Public institutions
Doctoral
| 1. | U. of California at Los Angeles | $124,493 | 286 |
| 2. | U. of California at Berkeley | $123,834 | 312 |
| 3. | U. of Texas at Dallas | $119,498 | 148 |
| 4. | Rutgers U. at Newark | $115,349 | 144 |
| 5. | New Jersey Institute of Technology | $114,165 | 99 |
| 6. | U. of Virginia | $111,785 | 381 |
| 7. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | $110,221 | 587 |
| 8. | U. of California at San Diego | $110,138 | 221 |
| 9. | U. of Massachusetts at Lowell | $109,936 | 162 |
| 10. | U. of Maryland at College Park | $109,363 | 430 |
Master’s
| 1. | Pennsylvania State U.-Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies | $130,440 | 13 |
| 2. | City U. of New York, Bernard M. Baruch College | $104,098 | 141 |
| 3. | U. of Washington at Bothell | $101,354 | 43 |
| 4. | Pennsylvania State U.-Harrisburg | $99,532 | 69 |
| 5. | U. of Washington at Tacoma | $98,158 | 64 |
| 6. | U. of Baltimore | $97,551 | 63 |
| 7. | California State U.-Channel Islands | $94,958 | 17 |
| 8. | California State U.-Dominguez Hills | $93,343 | 56 |
| 9. | City U. of New York, City College | $92,503 | 158 |
| 10. | City U. of New York, Hunter College | $92,375 | 207 |
Baccalaureate
| 1. | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy | $96,942 | 31 |
| 2. | Pennsylvania State U. at Erie, The Behrend College | $93,122 | 60 |
| 3. | Cheyney U. of Pennsylvania | $90,474 | 14 |
| 4. | U. of New Hampshire at Manchester | $90,043 | 14 |
| 5. | California State U. Maritime Academy | $87,902 | 12 |
| 6. | City U. of New York, New York City College of Technology | $87,401 | 121 |
| 7. | City U. of New York, York College | $87,082 | 75 |
| 8. | City U. of New York, Medgar Evers College | $86,180 | 40 |
| 9. | U. of Hawaii-West Oahu | $85,340 | 14 |
| 10. | Pennsylvania State U.-Brandywine | $85,278 | 16 |
Associate and baccalaureate/associate
| 1. | Pennsylvania College of Technology | $105,018 | 55 |
| 2. | College of DuPage | $95,617 | 44 |
| 3. | Elgin Community College | $95,159 | 32 |
| 4. | Westchester Community College | $95,144 | 39 |
| 5. | City Colleges of Chicago, Harry S. Truman College | $94,185 | 9 |
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Private nonprofit institutions
Doctoral
| 1. | Stanford U. | $150,182 | 188 |
| 2. | California Institute of Technology | $147,191 | 5 |
| 3. | Columbia U. | $144,566 | 226 |
| 4. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $141,682 | 206 |
| 5. | Yale U. | $137,765 | 131 |
| 6. | U. of Pennsylvania | $134,982 | 212 |
| 7. | Northwestern U. | $129,619 | 304 |
| 8. | Princeton U. | $127,036 | 99 |
| 9. | U. of Chicago | $125,852 | 217 |
| 10. | Harvard U. | $124,961 | 135 |
Master’s
| 1. | Bentley U. | $116,177 | 76 |
| 2. | Santa Clara U. | $111,956 | 149 |
| 3. | Keck Graduate Institute | $105,905 | 10 |
| 4. | Seton Hill U. | $102,999 | 47 |
| 5. | Stevenson U. | $100,630 | 31 |
| 6. | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey | $99,503 | 15 |
| 7. | Rider U. | $99,140 | 95 |
| 8. | New York Institute of Technology | $98,577 | 97 |
| 9. | Bryant U. | $98,059 | 41 |
| 10. | Long Island U.-C.W. Post | $97,882 | 94 |
Baccalaureate
| 1. | Colby College | $123,271 | 50 |
| 2. | Barnard College | $117,001 | 31 |
| 3. | Claremont McKenna College | $113,874 | 53 |
| 4. | Pomona College | $111,292 | 71 |
| 5. | Harvey Mudd College | $107,499 | 21 |
| 6. | Amherst College | $106,579 | 30 |
| 7. | U. of Richmond | $105,573 | 131 |
| 8. | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | $104,779 | 17 |
| 9. | Swarthmore College | $104,423 | 40 |
| 10. | Washington and Lee U. | $103,907 | 61 |
Associate and baccalaureate/associate
| 1. | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | $89,229 | 11 |
| 2. | Johnson & Wales U. at Charlotte (N.C.) | $79,697 | 40 |
| 3. | Johnson & Wales U. at Denver | $78,292 | 23 |
| 4. | Fisher College | $69,048 | 10 |
| 5. | New England Institute of Technology | $63,282 | 42 |
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For-profit institutions
Doctoral
| 1. | Grand Canyon U. | $77,596 | 21 |
| 2. | Alliant International U. at San Diego | $74,668 | 44 |
| 3. | Argosy U. at Chicago | $60,712 | 8 |
| 4. | Argosy U. Online Programs | $53,928 | 11 |
| 5. | Argosy U. at Atlanta | $52,577 | 9 |
Master’s
| 1. | South U. at Savannah (Ga.) | $94,403 | 6 |
| 2. | South College (Tenn.) | $77,629 | 19 |
| 3. | Argosy U.-Twin Cities | $61,074 | 4 |
| 4. | DeVry U. of California | $60,941 | 8 |
| 5. | DeVry U. of Arizona | $59,124 | 4 |
Baccalaureate
| 1. | DigiPen Institute of Technology | $81,041 | 8 |
| 2. | Cogswell Polytechnical College | $69,054 | 9 |
| 3. | United States U. | $65,118 | 5 |
| 4. | Five Towns College | $55,951 | 9 |
| 5. | Kendall College | $55,526 | 5 |
Associate and baccalaureate/associate
| 1. | Bay State College | $61,166 | 8 |
| 2. | Herzing U. at Kenosha (Wis.) | $55,408 | 4 |
| 3. | Lincoln College of New England at Southington (Conn.) | $50,871 | 10 |
| 4. | ECPI U. | $48,841 | 192 |
| 5. | College of Westchester (N.Y.) | $47,498 | 8 |
Note: Figures are based on data from all Title IV-participating, degree-granting institutions in the United States. The data cover full-time, nonmedical instructional staff members (who are engaged primarily in instruction or in instruction combined with research and/or public service) as of November 1, 2016. The salaries are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year. Institutions with fewer than four associate professors are excluded. Categories are based on the 2015 Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. See The Chronicle’s complete database of faculty salaries here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data</small></p>