AAUP Faculty Statistical Data
2018-19 AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey
The annual AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey is the largest independent source of data on full-time faculty salary and benefits at two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The 2019 iteration of the survey includes information on salary and benefits for more than 380,000 full-time faculty members, and also salaries for senior administrators and pay for part-time faculty members, from more than 950 institutions in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The survey, along with the accompanying "Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession," is published each year in April. Inside Higher Ed below presents these data in an easily searchable database.
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Part-Time Pay Per Course
Part-Time Faculty. The part-time faculty members reported in the survey are those included in the US Department of Education categories of "Primarily Instructional" and "Instructional/Research/Public Service" and defined by their institutions as employed less than full time, excluding clinical or basic science faculty in schools of medicine and military faculty. Individuals meeting these criteria are reported regardless of whether they are formally designated as "faculty." This category does not include individuals employed to meet short-term needs (for example, to cover a few weeks of a course) and students in the Federal Work-Study Program, even if their work has an instructional component.
The course sections for which part-time faculty pay is reported are those meeting the definition of an undergraduate class section in the Common Data Set for 2018–19 (http://www.commondataset.org/), item I-3: "an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes." (See also the notes to table 14 and appendix III.)
| Institution | Category | State | Number of Part-Time Faculty | Minimum Pay per Course Section | Maximum Pay per Course Section |
Average Pay per Course Section |
Retirement Benefits | Health Benefits | Calendar Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State UniversityDoctoral | TENNESSEE | 602 | $325 | $10,000 | $3,814 | - | - | Semester |
| University of Nevada-RenoDoctoral | NEVADA | 313 | $3,000 | $9,000 | $3,817 | All | All | Semester |
| Augustana UniversityMasters | SOUTH DAKOTA | 63 | $3,000 | $4,650 | $3,825 | None | None | Semester |
| Alma CollegeBaccalaureate | MICHIGAN | 82 | $3,825 | $3,825 | $3,825 | None | None | Semester |
| University of North TexasDoctoral | TEXAS | 537 | $2,500 | $9,375 | $3,873 | Some | Some | Semester |
| University of Houston-DowntownMasters | TEXAS | 317 | $3,000 | $4,800 | $3,900 | None | Some | Semester |
| Western Illinois UniversityMasters | ILLINOIS | 27 | $3,622 | $5,000 | $3,927 | Some | Some | Semester |
| West Texas A & M UniversityMasters | TEXAS | 67 | $600 | $20,000 | $3,931 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Baldwin Wallace UniversityMasters | OHIO | 254 | $3,300 | $4,740 | $3,952 | None | None | Semester |
| Mount Saint Mary's UniversityMasters | CALIFORNIA | 359 | $3,624 | $4,311 | $3,968 | None | None | Semester |
| Yeshiva UniversityDoctoral | NEW YORK | 140 | $3,600 | $10,000 | $4,000 | None | None | Semester |
| Gustavus Adolphus CollegeBaccalaureate | MINNESOTA | 40 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| Valparaiso UniversityMasters | INDIANA | 112 | $900 | $16,000 | $4,000 | None | None | Semester |
| Colby-Sawyer CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 34 | $1,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | None | None | Semester |
| Austin Community College DistrictAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | TEXAS | 1325 | $2,865 | $7,260 | $4,005 | - | - | Semester |
| Saint Michael's CollegeMasters | VERMONT | 89 | $3,720 | $4,269 | $4,008 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Cornell CollegeBaccalaureate | IOWA | 33 | $3,200 | $6,242 | $4,024 | Some | Some | Other |
| Providence CollegeMasters | RHODE ISLAND | 139 | $500 | $4,250 | $4,034 | None | None | Semester |
| Stonehill CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 115 | $3,525 | $5,195 | $4,095 | - | - | Semester |
| University of Cincinnati-Main CampusDoctoral | OHIO | 811 | $1,131 | $15,000 | $4,132 | All | None | Semester |
| Central Michigan UniversityDoctoral | MICHIGAN | 129 | $3,300 | $6,924 | $4,132 | None | None | Semester |
| Westmont CollegeBaccalaureate | CALIFORNIA | 55 | $3,450 | $9,375 | $4,137 | None | None | Semester |
| Frostburg State UniversityMasters | MARYLAND | 276 | $4,000 | $4,400 | $4,200 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Milwaukee School of EngineeringMasters | WISCONSIN | 129 | $2,550 | $6,764 | $4,202 | Some | Some | Quarter |
| Monmouth UniversityMasters | NEW JERSEY | 367 | $2,500 | $4,800 | $4,209 | - | - | Semester |
| University of Puget SoundMasters | WASHINGTON | 33 | $3,900 | $7,532 | $4,242 | Some | Some | Semester |
| New College of FloridaBaccalaureate | FLORIDA | 31 | $4,000 | $5,000 | $4,258 | None | Some | 4/1/2004 |
| University of TulsaDoctoral | OKLAHOMA | 82 | $2,000 | $8,200 | $4,269 | None | None | Semester |
| University of Puerto Rico-PonceBaccalaureate | PUERTO RICO | 103 | $1,781 | $7,832 | $4,274 | None | None | Semester |
| Denison UniversityBaccalaureate | OHIO | 47 | $4,125 | $4,500 | $4,325 | - | - | Semester |
| Central Washington UniversityMasters | WASHINGTON | 45 | $2,599 | $11,854 | $4,338 | All | All | Quarter |
| Sam Houston State UniversityDoctoral | TEXAS | 122 | $2,462 | $6,750 | $4,340 | None | None | Semester |
| Saint Anselm CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 62 | $4,350 | $4,350 | $4,350 | Some | None | Semester |
| St Catherine UniversityMasters | MINNESOTA | 213 | $3,750 | $5,001 | $4,376 | None | None | Semester |
| Southwestern UniversityBaccalaureate | TEXAS | 21 | $3,700 | $7,000 | $4,395 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Ursinus CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 39 | $4,400 | $4,400 | $4,400 | None | None | Semester |
| Augsburg CollegeMasters | MINNESOTA | 291 | $3,188 | $5,250 | $4,410 | - | - | Semester |
| Lafayette CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 52 | $3,250 | $6,000 | $4,413 | None | None | Semester |
| University of Rhode IslandDoctoral | RHODE ISLAND | 383 | $4,101 | $4,725 | $4,413 | None | None | Semester |
| Chatham UniversityMasters | PENNSYLVANIA | 290 | $3,250 | $5,720 | $4,440 | None | None | Semester |
| Saint Anthony College of NursingBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 6 | $3,445 | $5,862 | $4,452 | None | None | Semester |
| University of Massachusetts-DartmouthMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 182 | $3,963 | $5,136 | $4,460 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Agnes Scott CollegeBaccalaureate | GEORGIA | 13 | $4,000 | $5,000 | $4,488 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Worcester State UniversityMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 221 | $3,300 | $5,181 | $4,493 | None | None | - |
| Mills CollegeMasters | CALIFORNIA | 114 | $6,000 | $9,000 | $4,500 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Dickinson CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 58 | - | - | $4,600 | Some | None | Semester |
| Whittier CollegeBaccalaureate | CALIFORNIA | 72 | $4,650 | $4,650 | $4,650 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| New Mexico State University-AlamogordoAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO | 60 | $750 | $24,106 | $4,742 | All | Some | Semester |
| Emmanuel CollegeMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 100 | $4,500 | $5,000 | $4,750 | None | None | Semester |
| Rider UniversityMasters | NEW JERSEY | 356 | $4,000 | $7,490 | $4,776 | Some | Some | - |
| University of Mary WashingtonMasters | VIRGINIA | 138 | $300 | $25,000 | $4,860 | - | - | Semester |
| University of HartfordMasters | CONNECTICUT | 644 | $3,450 | $12,495 | $4,916 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Berea CollegeBaccalaureate | KENTUCKY | 5 | $4,200 | $8,000 | $4,930 | None | None | Semester |
| Augustana CollegeBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 41 | $4,200 | $9,458 | $4,935 | Some | Some | Trimester |
| University of DallasMasters | TEXAS | 99 | $100 | $12,500 | $4,950 | Some | None | Semester |
| Lawrence UniversityBaccalaureate | WISCONSIN | 46 | $4,955 | $4,955 | $4,955 | Some | Some | Trimester |
| Central Connecticut State UniversityMasters | CONNECTICUT | 529 | $4,578 | $5,367 | $4,973 | Some | Some | - |
| Westfield State UniversityMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 231 | $3,441 | $5,181 | $4,974 | None | None | Semester |
| Temple UniversityDoctoral | PENNSYLVANIA | 1400 | $3,900 | $37,500 | $5,025 | None | Some | Semester |
| Texas State UniversityDoctoral | TEXAS | 321 | $2,500 | $14,000 | $5,057 | None | None | Semester |
| Bucknell UniversityBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 13 | $4,470 | $6,950 | $5,074 | None | None | Semester |
| University of St ThomasMasters | MINNESOTA | 227 | $1,156 | $8,485 | $5,104 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Oakland UniversityDoctoral | MICHIGAN | 226 | $3,792 | - | $5,189 | None | Some | Semester |
| Bowling Green State University-Main CampusDoctoral | OHIO | 653 | $805 | $10,000 | $5,194 | All | None | Semester |
| Bryant UniversityMasters | RHODE ISLAND | 127 | $5,200 | $5,200 | $5,200 | None | None | Semester |
| Wheaton CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 39 | $5,000 | $7,500 | $5,270 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 47 | $3,750 | $6,750 | $5,294 | Some | Some | Semester |
| New York School of Interior DesignBaccalaureate | NEW YORK | 163 | $5,010 | $5,775 | $5,328 | None | Some | Semester |
| Longwood UniversityMasters | VIRGINIA | 73 | $1,200 | $16,900 | $5,442 | None | None | Semester |
| The New SchoolDoctoral | NEW YORK | 884 | $4,063 | $10,244 | $5,555 | - | - | Semester |
| Virginia Military InstituteBaccalaureate | VIRGINIA | 68 | $4,736 | $7,287 | $5,561 | None | None | Semester |
| Ramapo College of New JerseyMasters | NEW JERSEY | 287 | $1,450 | $11,600 | $5,600 | All | None | Semester |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDoctoral | NEW YORK | 56 | $3,750 | $9,600 | $5,602 | Some | Some | Semester |
| University of San DiegoMasters | CALIFORNIA | 149 | $5,320 | $10,500 | $5,782 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| Northern Michigan UniversityMasters | MICHIGAN | 113 | $1,040 | $12,080 | $5,790 | None | None | Semester |
| Connecticut CollegeBaccalaureate | CONNECTICUT | 60 | $5,800 | $5,800 | $5,800 | None | None | Semester |
| New Mexico State University-Dona AnaAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO | 289 | $1,123 | $13,403 | $5,865 | All | Some | Semester |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyBaccalaureate | INDIANA | 20 | $4,250 | $8,500 | $6,069 | None | None | Quarter |
| Emerson CollegeMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 283 | $5,593 | $10,872 | $6,255 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Bentley UniversityMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 132 | $6,300 | $6,300 | $6,300 | All | None | Semester |
| University of San FranciscoDoctoral | CALIFORNIA | 685 | $5,640 | $8,070 | $6,319 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Dominican University of CaliforniaMasters | CALIFORNIA | 146 | $5,661 | $7,530 | $6,355 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 155 | $3,550 | $6,908 | $6,398 | None | None | Semester |
| College of the Holy CrossBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 44 | $6,425 | $9,809 | $6,709 | None | None | Semester |
| Boston CollegeDoctoral | MASSACHUSETTS | 528 | $6,355 | $7,200 | $6,761 | None | Some | Semester |
| Hampden-Sydney CollegeBaccalaureate | VIRGINIA | 7 | $4,000 | $7,767 | $6,886 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMasters | CALIFORNIA | 264 | $5,300 | $9,023 | $6,915 | None | Some | Varies |
| Babson CollegeMasters | MASSACHUSETTS | 84 | $6,221 | $7,629 | $7,010 | None | Some | Semester |
| Davidson CollegeBaccalaureate | NORTH CAROLINA | 16 | $7,000 | $8,334 | $7,321 | None | None | Semester |
| New Mexico State University-Main CampusDoctoral | NEW MEXICO | 207 | $1,100 | $32,065 | $7,500 | All | Some | Semester |
| Hampshire CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 20 | $7,000 | $8,000 | $7,500 | None | None | Semester |
| Scripps CollegeBaccalaureate | CALIFORNIA | 36 | $6,885 | $8,550 | $7,664 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Colgate UniversityBaccalaureate | NEW YORK | 28 | $6,533 | $12,704 | $7,966 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Swarthmore CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 19 | $6,000 | $12,000 | $7,970 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Sewanee-The University of the SouthBaccalaureate | TENNESSEE | 34 | $6,500 | $13,000 | $7,986 | None | None | Semester |
| Occidental CollegeBaccalaureate | CALIFORNIA | 85 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | - | - | Semester |
| Oberlin CollegeBaccalaureate | OHIO | 5 | $7,500 | $10,300 | $9,353 | Some | Some | 4/1/2004 |
| Baker UniversityMasters | KANSAS | 9 | $6,035 | $11,660 | $9,924 | Some | None | Semester |
| Michigan Technological UniversityDoctoral | MICHIGAN | 27 | $1,500 | $21,475 | $9,982 | None | None | Semester |
| Bates CollegeBaccalaureate | MAINE | 16 | $8,000 | $12,000 | $10,000 | Some | Some | Other |