Colleges With Highest Average Pay for Full Professors

Many of the public doctoral institutions that paid their full professors the most in 2016-17 were in cities well known for their high costs of living, but others, like the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Virginia, were not. More than half the public institutions that paid their full professors the highest average salaries were in New York, Pennsylvania, and California. In contrast, the nonprofit and for-profit private institutions that paid the most were more geographically scattered.

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Public institutions

Doctoral

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	U. of California at Los Angeles	$192,310	1,054
2.	U. of California at Berkeley	$181,996	867
3.	U. of California at Santa Barbara	$169,424	521
4.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	$167,364	1,157
5.	U. of Virginia	$165,319	564
6.	U. of California at Irvine	$165,102	566
7.	U. of California at San Diego	$162,410	606
8.	New Jersey Institute of Technology	$160,468	133
9.	U. of Texas at Dallas	$159,642	235
10.	Rutgers U. at Newark	$159,247	183
11.	U. of Maryland at College Park	$154,774	713
12.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$152,088	604
13.	U. of California at Riverside	$151,687	323
14.	U. of California at Santa Cruz	$151,453	286
15.	U. of California at Davis	$150,951	812
16.	U. of Massachusetts at Amherst	$150,082	454
17.	U. of California at Merced	$149,099	49
18.	U. of Connecticut	$148,599	489
19.	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	$148,316	895
20.	U. of Houston	$147,941	395

Master’s

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Pennsylvania State U.-Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies	$141,452	7
2.	U. of Baltimore	$137,051	50
3.	Rutgers U. at Camden	$135,185	104
4.	U. of South Florida-Sarasota/Manatee	$127,720	5
5.	U. of Washington at Bothell	$123,222	30
6.	City U. of New York Bernard M. Baruch College	$121,620	201
7.	Arizona State U.-West	$121,241	34
8.	City College of City U. of New York	$120,878	239
9.	U. of Washington at Tacoma	$120,536	40
10.	Arizona State U.-Polytechnic	$119,390	28
11.	U. of South Florida at St. Petersburg	$117,219	30
12.	Pennsylvania State U.-Harrisburg	$115,949	29
13.	City U. of New York Hunter College	$114,180	287
14.	U. of Michigan at Flint	$113,963	42
15.	City U. of New York Queens College	$113,345	213
16.	State U. of New York Polytechnic Institute	$113,311	33
17.	City U. of New York Brooklyn College	$113,133	198
18.	City U. of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice	$112,908	109
19.	City U. of New York Herbert H. Lehman College	$112,338	93
20.	William Paterson U. of New Jersey	$112,082	175

Baccalaureate

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Pennsylvania State U. at Erie	$125,671	30
2.	Pennsylvania State U.-Schuylkill	$125,618	5
3.	U.S. Merchant Marine Academy	$116,544	30
4.	City U. of New York Medgar Evers College	$112,833	52
5.	Pennsylvania State U. at Abington	$110,450	16
6.	U. of New Hampshire at Manchester	$110,268	4
7.	Cheyney U. of Pennsylvania	$109,013	18
8.	Pennsylvania State U.-New Kensington	$108,797	4
9.	Pennsylvania State U.-Beaver	$108,788	4
10.	Pennsylvania State U.-Brandywine	$108,622	13
11.	Pennsylvania State U. at York	$107,865	7
12.	California State U. Maritime Academy	$107,699	16
13.	Pennsylvania State U. at Altoona	$107,575	26
14.	Pennsylvania State U.-Worthington-Scranton	$106,848	4
15.	City U. of New York, New York City College of Technology	$106,769	72
16.	Ohio State U. at Lima	$104,408	11
17.	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	$103,974	37
18.	City U. of New York York College	$103,676	45
19.	Pennsylvania State U.-Berks	$100,789	22
20.	U. of Hawaii-West Oahu	$99,810	23

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	College of DuPage	$124,512	132
2.	Elgin Community College	$118,099	55
3.	Pennsylvania College of Technology	$117,319	11
4.	Nassau Community College	$112,400	152
5.	Miami U. at Hamilton (Ohio)	$111,708	9
6.	Harper College	$110,153	57
7.	Rockland Community College	$109,144	31
8.	City Colleges of Chicago, Harry S. Truman College	$108,820	6
9.	Westchester Community College	$108,778	51
10.	Passaic County Community College	$108,114	9
11.	City U. of New York-Queensborough Community College	$107,644	71
12.	City Colleges of Chicago, Richard J. Daley College	$107,400	4
13.	Middlesex County College	$105,199	38
14.	City U. of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College	$104,773	107
15.	City U. of New York Bronx Community College	$104,314	75
16.	Hostos Community College-City U. of New York	$104,276	38
17.	City U. of New York La Guardia Community College	$103,516	92
18.	Suffolk County Community College Central Administration	$103,175	105
19.	Pennsylvania State U. at Mont Alto	$102,843	4
20.	City U. of New York Kingsborough Community College	$102,664	72

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Private nonprofit institutions

Doctoral

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Stanford U.	$234,549	690
2.	U. of Chicago	$224,812	598
3.	Harvard U.	$221,379	1,013
4.	Yale U.	$216,187	608
5.	Columbia U.	$215,094	782
6.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$213,749	645
7.	U. of Pennsylvania	$209,219	608
8.	Princeton U.	$206,498	476
9.	Northwestern U.	$200,265	603
10.	California Institute of Technology	$198,916	243
11.	Georgetown U.	$194,903	316
12.	New York U.	$190,918	844
13.	Rice U.	$189,162	310
14.	Duke U.	$188,200	654
15.	Dartmouth College	$186,973	247
16.	Washington U. in St. Louis	$180,210	386
17.	Boston College	$177,855	281
18.	Vanderbilt U.	$177,005	389
19.	Teachers College, Columbia U.	$176,518	84
20.	Brown U.	$175,821	380

Master’s

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Bentley U.	$165,055	83
2.	Santa Clara U.	$157,047	153
3.	Chapman U.	$138,779	148
4.	U. of New Haven	$132,537	49
5.	Quinnipiac U.	$127,711	114
6.	Loyola Marymount U.	$126,440	230
7.	Loyola U. Maryland	$125,966	87
8.	Roger Williams U.	$125,874	97
9.	New York Institute of Technology	$125,763	70
10.	Fairfield U.	$123,404	76
11.	Saint Joseph’s U. (Pa.)	$122,814	68
12.	Stetson U.	$122,766	111
13.	Trinity U.	$122,206	87
14.	St. Mary’s U. (Tex.)	$121,831	90
15.	Bryant U.	$121,647	70
16.	Manhattan College	$121,218	62
17.	Gonzaga U.	$121,215	110
18.	Molloy College	$119,156	55
19.	Monmouth U.	$117,190	42
20.	St. Thomas U.	$116,705	44

Baccalaureate

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Barnard College	$164,034	85
2.	Claremont McKenna College	$161,447	64
3.	U. of Richmond	$160,473	116
4.	Pomona College	$154,160	81
5.	Amherst College	$151,598	94
6.	Wellesley College	$151,049	112
7.	Washington and Lee U.	$149,803	112
8.	Wesleyan U. (Conn.)	$149,445	121
9.	Swarthmore College	$149,305	92
10.	Harvey Mudd College	$148,052	51
11.	Colgate U.	$142,812	109
12.	Bowdoin College	$142,669	61
13.	Williams College	$141,232	151
14.	Lafayette College	$140,775	73
15.	Colby College	$137,445	68
16.	Smith College	$136,961	150
17.	Scripps College	$136,482	34
18.	Bryn Mawr College	$135,286	56
19.	Vassar College	$135,168	95
20.	Occidental College	$132,536	72

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	$105,718	12
2.	Johnson & Wales U. at Denver	$102,100	4
3.	Johnson & Wales U. at Charlotte (N.C.)	$97,907	19
4.	Mount Aloysius College	$72,237	11
5.	New England Institute of Technology	$70,050	12
6.	Cottey College	$65,020	12
7.	U. of Rio Grande	$64,830	19
8.	Florida College	$61,539	34
9.	Baker College of Flint	$59,024	4
10.	Manor College	$58,753	13
11.	U. of Northwestern Ohio	$55,657	5
12.	Lackawanna College	$51,233	6
13.	Louisburg College	$49,735	4
14.	Harcum College	$48,821	10
15.	Grace Bible College	$46,012	6
16.	Villa Maria College of Buffalo	$45,481	6
17.	Boricua College	$42,105	6
18.	Bacone College	$40,538	4
19.	College of St. Mary Magdalen	$33,750	4
20.	Clinton College	$28,948	12

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For-profit institutions

Doctoral

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	Alliant International U. at San Diego	$97,492	42
2.	Grand Canyon U.	$75,730	7
3.	Argosy U. at Chicago	$71,036	5
4.	Argosy U. at Atlanta	$65,205	7

Master’s

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	South U. at Savannah (Ga.)	$109,516	4
2.	Post U.	$94,140	4
3.	South College (Tenn.)	$81,340	9
4.	DeVry U. of New Jersey	$81,165	13
5.	DeVry U. of Ohio	$75,305	8
6.	DeVry U. of Georgia	$74,281	6
7.	DeVry U. of Arizona	$74,012	9
8.	DeVry U. of Texas	$69,701	6
9.	DeVry U. of Florida	$69,089	7
10.	DeVry U. of Illinois	$68,810	87
11.	DeVry U. of California	$68,614	29
12.	DeVry U. of Pennsylvania	$66,100	4
13.	Ashford U.	$63,484	15
14.	Herzing U. at Madison (Wis.)	$63,001	9
15.	American Public U. system	$55,525	42
16.	Stratford U.	$54,272	129
17.	Sullivan U.	$49,299	20
18.	Full Sail U.	$45,419	455
19.	Bob Jones U.*	$44,121	61
20.	Salem International U.	$33,186	12

Baccalaureate

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	DigiPen Institute of Technology	$82,134	7
2.	Five Towns College	$65,827	4
3.	Herzing U. at Atlanta	$61,366	5
4.	Central Penn College	$60,695	7
5.	Waldorf College	$56,372	8

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

Rank	Institution	Salary	Number
1.	ECPI College of Technology	$63,451	19
2.	College of Westchester (N.Y.)	$56,535	4
3.	Virginia Marti College of Art & Design	$47,700	5
4.	Wade College	$43,910	7

* Bob Jones University announced in 2017 that it had regained nonprofit status, after having lost it 34 years earlier because of its ban on interracial dating and marriage.

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 (who are either engaged primarily in instruction or are engaged 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 full professors are excluded. Categories are based on the 2015 Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. For categories in which a limited number of institutions employ full-time professors, fewer than 20 institutions are listed. See The Chronicle’s complete database of faculty salaries here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor

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Colleges With the Highest Average Pay for Full Professors, 2016-17

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Public institutions

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Master’s

Baccalaureate

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

Private nonprofit institutions

Doctoral

Master’s

Baccalaureate

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

For-profit institutions

Doctoral

Master’s

Baccalaureate

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

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