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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berea CollegeBaccalaureate | KENTUCKY | 5 | $4,200 | $8,000 | $4,930 | None | None | Semester |
| Oberlin CollegeBaccalaureate | OHIO | 5 | $7,500 | $10,300 | $9,353 | Some | Some | 4/1/2004 |
| Saint Anthony College of NursingBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 6 | $3,445 | $5,862 | $4,452 | None | None | Semester |
| Hampden-Sydney CollegeBaccalaureate | VIRGINIA | 7 | $4,000 | $7,767 | $6,886 | Some | Some | Semester |
| University of WyomingDoctoral | WYOMING | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | Semester |
| Baker UniversityMasters | KANSAS | 9 | $6,035 | $11,660 | $9,924 | Some | None | Semester |
| The College of IdahoBaccalaureate | IDAHO | 10 | $2,400 | $2,400 | $2,400 | - | - | Semester |
| Goshen CollegeBaccalaureate | INDIANA | 11 | $1,875 | $3,489 | $2,920 | None | None | Semester |
| Knox CollegeBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 11 | $2,500 | $3,500 | $3,000 | None | None | Trimester |
| Hollins UniversityMasters | VIRGINIA | 12 | $2,500 | $6,000 | $3,000 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| Fresno Pacific UniversityMasters | CALIFORNIA | 12 | - | - | - | All | All | Semester |
| Bucknell UniversityBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 13 | $4,470 | $6,950 | $5,074 | None | None | Semester |
| Agnes Scott CollegeBaccalaureate | GEORGIA | 13 | $4,000 | $5,000 | $4,488 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Ripon CollegeBaccalaureate | WISCONSIN | 13 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Some | Some | - |
| Central CollegeBaccalaureate | IOWA | 15 | $3,050 | $3,350 | $3,200 | None | None | Semester |
| Reed CollegeBaccalaureate | OREGON | 15 | $5,400 | $22,792 | $13,601 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Bates CollegeBaccalaureate | MAINE | 16 | $8,000 | $12,000 | $10,000 | Some | Some | Other |
| Allegheny CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 16 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | - | - | Semester |
| Davidson CollegeBaccalaureate | NORTH CAROLINA | 16 | $7,000 | $8,334 | $7,321 | None | None | Semester |
| Illinois CollegeBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 17 | $2,550 | $3,000 | $2,716 | None | None | Semester |
| Centenary College of LouisianaBaccalaureate | LOUISIANA | 17 | $795 | $6,300 | $2,520 | None | None | Semester |
| Swarthmore CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 19 | $6,000 | $12,000 | $7,970 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyBaccalaureate | INDIANA | 20 | $4,250 | $8,500 | $6,069 | None | None | Quarter |
| Hampshire CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 20 | $7,000 | $8,000 | $7,500 | None | None | Semester |
| Drury UniversityMasters | MISSOURI | 21 | $2,127 | $3,192 | $2,658 | None | Some | Semester |
| Southwestern UniversityBaccalaureate | TEXAS | 21 | $3,700 | $7,000 | $4,395 | Some | Some | Semester |
| The University of Montana-WesternBaccalaureate | MONTANA | 22 | $1,983 | $2,583 | $2,337 | None | None | Semester |
| Eckerd CollegeBaccalaureate | FLORIDA | 23 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| MacMurray CollegeBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 24 | $2,200 | $6,000 | $3,358 | - | - | Semester |
| University of South Florida-Sarasota-ManateeMasters | FLORIDA | 24 | $1,124 | $4,448 | $3,175 | None | None | Semester |
| Hendrix CollegeBaccalaureate | ARKANSAS | 24 | $2,250 | $7,500 | $2,612 | - | - | Semester |
| Millsaps CollegeBaccalaureate | MISSISSIPPI | 25 | $1,875 | $1,875 | $1,875 | None | None | Semester |
| Kalamazoo CollegeBaccalaureate | MICHIGAN | 25 | $2,500 | $5,150 | $3,558 | None | None | Quarter |
| Middlebury CollegeMasters | VERMONT | 26 | $9,000 | $11,850 | $10,359 | Some | None | 4/1/2004 |
| Michigan Technological UniversityDoctoral | MICHIGAN | 27 | $1,500 | $21,475 | $9,982 | None | None | Semester |
| Saint Norbert CollegeBaccalaureate | WISCONSIN | 27 | $1,600 | $5,000 | $3,070 | None | None | Semester |
| Western Illinois UniversityMasters | ILLINOIS | 27 | $3,622 | $5,000 | $3,927 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Lyon CollegeBaccalaureate | ARKANSAS | 28 | $1,500 | $3,333 | $2,263 | None | None | Semester |
| Rhodes CollegeBaccalaureate | TENNESSEE | 28 | $3,000 | $5,625 | $3,710 | None | None | Semester |
| Colgate UniversityBaccalaureate | NEW YORK | 28 | $6,533 | $12,704 | $7,966 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Monmouth CollegeBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 29 | $3,600 | $5,000 | $3,166 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryBaccalaureate | IOWA | 30 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | None | None | Semester |
| Freed-Hardeman UniversityMasters | TENNESSEE | 30 | - | - | $2,715 | None | None | Semester |
| Wesleyan CollegeBaccalaureate | GEORGIA | 30 | $2,400 | $3,000 | $2,700 | - | None | Semester |
| New College of FloridaBaccalaureate | FLORIDA | 31 | $4,000 | $5,000 | $4,258 | None | Some | 4/1/2004 |
| Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK | 32 | - | - | - | None | Some | Semester |
| Kauai Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | HAWAII | 32 | $4,707 | $25,311 | $15,009 | Some | Some | Semester |
| University of Science and Arts of OklahomaBaccalaureate | OKLAHOMA | 32 | $1,050 | $3,037 | $1,942 | None | None | Trimester |
| Albion CollegeBaccalaureate | MICHIGAN | 32 | $1,825 | $6,750 | $3,680 | Some | None | Semester |
| Cornell CollegeBaccalaureate | IOWA | 33 | $3,200 | $6,242 | $4,024 | Some | Some | Other |
| Bridgewater CollegeBaccalaureate | VIRGINIA | 33 | $800 | $3,600 | $2,534 | None | None | Semester |
| University of Puget SoundMasters | WASHINGTON | 33 | $3,900 | $7,532 | $4,242 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Davis & Elkins CollegeBaccalaureate | WEST VIRGINIA | 34 | $2,100 | $3,150 | $2,285 | None | None | Semester |
| Sewanee-The University of the SouthBaccalaureate | TENNESSEE | 34 | $6,500 | $13,000 | $7,986 | None | None | Semester |
| Colby-Sawyer CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 34 | $1,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | None | None | Semester |
| New Mexico State University-GrantsAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO | 34 | $250 | $6,335 | $2,707 | All | Some | Semester |
| CUNY School of LawMasters | NEW YORK | 34 | - | - | - | None | Some | Semester |
| Transylvania UniversityBaccalaureate | KENTUCKY | 36 | $2,625 | $3,000 | $2,855 | None | None | Semester |
| Scripps CollegeBaccalaureate | CALIFORNIA | 36 | $6,885 | $8,550 | $7,664 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Hastings CollegeBaccalaureate | NEBRASKA | 38 | $2,022 | $3,600 | $2,224 | Some | None | Semester |
| New Mexico State University-CarlsbadAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO | 38 | $750 | $7,500 | $3,508 | All | Some | Semester |
| Washington & Jefferson CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 38 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| University of Maine at MachiasBaccalaureate | MAINE | 39 | $2,898 | $4,850 | $3,688 | - | - | Semester |
| Berry CollegeMasters | GEORGIA | 39 | - | - | - | None | None | Semester |
| Ursinus CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 39 | $4,400 | $4,400 | $4,400 | None | None | Semester |
| Concordia College at MoorheadBaccalaureate | MINNESOTA | 39 | $536 | $6,300 | $3,487 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Wheaton CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 39 | $5,000 | $7,500 | $5,270 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Westminster CollegeBaccalaureate | MISSOURI | 40 | $2,400 | $2,600 | $2,500 | None | None | Semester |
| Gustavus Adolphus CollegeBaccalaureate | MINNESOTA | 40 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | None | None | 4/1/2004 |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryMasters | NEW YORK | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loras CollegeBaccalaureate | IOWA | 41 | $2,385 | $2,385 | $2,385 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Dakota State UniversityMasters | SOUTH DAKOTA | 41 | $2,700 | $5,457 | $3,653 | None | None | Semester |
| Augustana CollegeBaccalaureate | ILLINOIS | 41 | $4,200 | $9,458 | $4,935 | Some | Some | Trimester |
| Covenant CollegeBaccalaureate | GEORGIA | 42 | $2,817 | $4,483 | $3,320 | None | None | Semester |
| Marietta CollegeBaccalaureate | OHIO | 43 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | None | None | Semester |
| Skidmore CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW YORK | 43 | $1,300 | $1,400 | $1,350 | Some | Some | Semester |
| College of the Holy CrossBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 44 | $6,425 | $9,809 | $6,709 | None | None | Semester |
| Newberry CollegeBaccalaureate | SOUTH CAROLINA | 44 | $500 | $3,000 | $1,800 | None | None | Semester |
| Central Washington UniversityMasters | WASHINGTON | 45 | $2,599 | $11,854 | $4,338 | All | All | Quarter |
| Ohio Valley UniversityBaccalaureate | WEST VIRGINIA | 46 | $1,050 | $1,500 | $1,200 | None | None | Semester |
| University of Maine at Presque IsleBaccalaureate | MAINE | 46 | $2,898 | $4,850 | $3,688 | - | - | Semester |
| Lawrence UniversityBaccalaureate | WISCONSIN | 46 | $4,955 | $4,955 | $4,955 | Some | Some | Trimester |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeBaccalaureate | MASSACHUSETTS | 47 | $3,750 | $6,750 | $5,294 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Denison UniversityBaccalaureate | OHIO | 47 | $4,125 | $4,500 | $4,325 | - | - | Semester |
| Truman State UniversityMasters | MISSOURI | 47 | $2,400 | $4,800 | $3,800 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Juniata CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 48 | $3,000 | $4,500 | - | Some | Some | Semester |
| Washington CollegeBaccalaureate | MARYLAND | 48 | $1,800 | $3,750 | $2,250 | None | None | Semester |
| University of Maine at Fort KentBaccalaureate | MAINE | 50 | $2,898 | $4,850 | $3,688 | - | - | Semester |
| Roanoke CollegeBaccalaureate | VIRGINIA | 50 | $2,900 | $3,701 | $3,113 | None | None | Semester |
| McMurry UniversityBaccalaureate | TEXAS | 51 | $1,250 | $2,000 | $1,584 | None | None | Semester |
| Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeBaccalaureate | KENTUCKY | 52 | $1,000 | $3,000 | $1,627 | Some | None | Semester |
| Lafayette CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 52 | $3,250 | $6,000 | $4,413 | None | None | Semester |
| Chowan UniversityBaccalaureate | NORTH CAROLINA | 52 | $2,250 | $3,216 | $2,324 | None | None | Semester |
| Westmont CollegeBaccalaureate | CALIFORNIA | 55 | $3,450 | $9,375 | $4,137 | None | None | Semester |
| Franklin CollegeBaccalaureate | INDIANA | 55 | $1,944 | $4,167 | $2,626 | - | None | 4/1/2004 |
| SUNY Maritime CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW YORK | 56 | $3,000 | $4,952 | $2,250 | Some | Some | Other |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDoctoral | NEW YORK | 56 | $3,750 | $9,600 | $5,602 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Mount Marty CollegeMasters | SOUTH DAKOTA | 56 | $1,080 | $1,950 | $1,515 | Some | Some | Semester |
| Dickinson CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA | 58 | - | - | $4,600 | Some | None | Semester |
| Hardin-Simmons UniversityMasters | TEXAS | 58 | $1,500 | $3,375 | $2,342 | None | None | Semester |