Average Faculty Salary for Arkansas Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Arkansas Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $58,789 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $79,670 (up 3.82% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $69,806 (up 1.70% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $61,398 (up 3.66% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $46,671 (up 1.62% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $54,217 (up 15.08% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $71,833 (up 9.26% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $95,881 (year-over-year change: +1.68%)
- R2 research universities: $71,789 (year-over-year change: +2.59%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $60,938 (year-over-year change: -1.26%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $52,128 (year-over-year change: +3.71%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $60,938 (year-over-year change: -1.26%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in Arkansas or its salary information is not available.
- No Faith-related institutions in Arkansas or its salary information is not available.
- No Community colleges in Arkansas or its salary information is not available.
Arkansas Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for arkansas colleges' faculty by academic rank in the academic year 2024-2025. The average amount is based on a 9-month contract or equated employees. You can check the average salary information for your desired state and school category.
State
| Academic Rank | All Colleges | R1 Universities | R2 Universities | Master's Colleges | BS Colleges | Community Colleges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Faculty Total | $58,789 2.90% |
$95,881 1.68% |
$71,789 2.59% |
$60,938 1.26% |
$52,128 3.71% |
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| Professor | $79,670 3.82% |
$143,695 2.73% |
$91,225 0.74% |
$76,447 0.15% |
$63,455 3.52% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $69,806 1.70% |
$101,703 3.58% |
$76,515 1.38% |
$65,842 0.38% |
$62,165 0.43% |
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| Assistant professor | $61,398 3.66% |
$85,722 1.68% |
$68,367 6.19% |
$61,265 0.36% |
$55,021 3.67% |
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| Instructor | $46,671 1.62% |
$53,623 5.84% |
$49,829 5.63% |
$46,072 1.81% |
$44,729 1.34% |
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| Lecturer | $54,217 15.08% |
$53,889 9.00% |
$70,000 70,000.00% |
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$51,845 9.66% |
- - |
| No academic rank | $71,833 9.26% |
- - |
$111,584 1.66% |
$52,580 11.61% |
$81,383 53.51% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Arkansas Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- University of Arkansas $95,881
- Arkansas Colleges of Health Education $77,697
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences $77,153
- Baptist Health College Little Rock $76,589
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock $75,216
- Hendrix College $73,666
- Harding University $71,736
- Ouachita Baptist University $69,393
- Jefferson Regional School of Nursing $68,924
- Arkansas State University $68,362