Instructor Salary at Minnesota Colleges
The 2023 average instructor salary at Minnesota colleges is $64,521 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. Rochester Community and Technical College has the highest instructor salary of $77,450 among Minnesota colleges followed by Carleton College ($77,400) and Century College ($76,913).
The following table lists the Minnesota colleges with instructor salary information by contract length where the salary data is available. The table is sorted by salary in descending order. The number in parenthesis is the number of faculty for the contract length relatively.
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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, MN | $77,450 (96) 0.13% | $77,450 (96) 0.13% | - | - | - |
| Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN | $77,400 (1) 11.55% | $77,400 (1) 11.55% | - | - | - |
| Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, MN | $76,913 (137) 1.02% | $76,913 (137) 1.02% | - | - | - |
| Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, MN | $76,239 (104) 0.34% | $76,239 (104) 0.34% | - | - | - |
| University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, MN | $75,832 (2) 8.47% | $75,832 (2) 8.47% | - | - | - |
| Normandale Community CollegeBloomington, MN | $75,263 (143) 0.70% | $75,263 (143) 0.70% | - | - | - |
| Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCoon Rapids, MN | $75,222 (126) 0.46% | $75,222 (126) 0.46% | - | - | - |
| North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, MN | $74,714 (85) 0.32% | $74,714 (85) 0.32% | - | - | - |
| Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, MN | $74,527 (70) 0.45% | $74,527 (70) 0.45% | - | - | - |
| St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, MN | $74,250 (83) 0.04% | $74,250 (83) 0.04% | - | - | - |
| University of St ThomasSaint Paul, MN | $74,153 (7) 16.69% | $74,153 (7) 16.69% | - | - | - |
| Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, MN | $74,151 (52) 1.67% | $74,151 (52) 1.67% | - | - | - |
| Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, MN | $74,054 (65) 1.50% | $74,054 (65) 1.50% | - | - | - |
| Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, MN | $73,813 (78) 1.70% | $73,813 (78) 1.70% | - | - | - |
| Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, MN | $73,640 (111) 0.70% | $73,640 (111) 0.70% | - | - | - |
| Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, MN | $73,420 (57) 1.12% | $73,420 (57) 1.12% | - | - | - |
| Minnesota State College SoutheastWinona, MN | $73,323 (43) 2.46% | $73,323 (43) 2.46% | - | - | - |
| Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, MN | $73,117 (113) 0.13% | $73,117 (113) 0.13% | - | - | - |
| Pine Technical & Community CollegePine City, MN | $72,832 (21) 1.76% | $72,832 (21) 1.76% | - | - | - |
| Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls, MN | $72,824 (75) 1.80% | $72,824 (75) 1.80% | - | - | - |
| Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, MN | $72,415 (89) 0.37% | $72,415 (89) 0.37% | - | - | - |
| Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, MN | $72,399 (98) 0.75% | $72,399 (98) 0.75% | - | - | - |
| Riverland Community CollegeAustin, MN | $72,294 (59) 0.35% | $72,294 (59) 0.35% | - | - | - |
| South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, MN | $72,176 (76) 0.60% | $72,176 (76) 0.60% | - | - | - |
| Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, MN | $72,116 (74) 0.55% | $72,116 (74) 0.55% | - | - | - |
| Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, MN | $71,564 (107) 0.16% | $71,564 (107) 0.16% | - | - | - |
| Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, MN | $71,450 (73) 4.35% | - | - | - | $95,267 (73) 4.35% |
| Fond du Lac Tribal and Community CollegeCloquet, MN | $71,400 (24) 1.35% | $71,400 (24) 1.35% | - | - | - |
| Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, MN | $70,986 (73) 1.29% | $70,986 (73) 1.29% | - | - | - |
| Northwest Technical CollegeBemidji, MN | $69,526 (22) 0.74% | $69,526 (22) 0.74% | - | - | - |
| University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN | $67,237 (6) 11.27% | $77,328 (1) | - | - | $86,959 (5) 7.93% |
| College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, MN | $66,242 (6) 3.37% | $66,242 (6) 3.37% | - | - | - |
| Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, MN | $65,826 (12) 1.01% | $65,826 (12) 1.01% | - | - | - |
| Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, MN | $65,393 (32) 4.93% | $65,393 (32) 4.93% | - | - | - |
| Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, MN | $65,130 (25) 5.70% | $60,293 (16) 4.48% | $67,043 (2) 33.17% | $93,382 (2) 1.79% | $104,030 (5) 0.56% |
| Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, MN | $64,675 (5) 14.74% | $64,675 (5) 14.74% | - | - | - |
| Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, MN | $63,826 (12) 3.39% | $63,826 (12) 3.39% | - | - | - |
| St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, MN | $62,363 (16) 2.26% | $62,363 (16) 2.26% | - | - | - |
| Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN | $61,274 (42) 3.54% | - | - | - | $81,699 (42) 3.54% |
| Adler Graduate SchoolMinnetonka, MN | $58,062 (1) 5.00% | - | - | - | $77,416 (1) 5.00% |
| Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, MN | $57,344 (9) 2.13% | $57,344 (9) 2.13% | - | - | - |
| University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, MN | $57,307 (82) 3.15% | $57,307 (82) 3.15% | - | - | - |
| Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, MN | $56,523 (1) 6.60% | $56,523 (1) 6.60% | - | - | - |
| Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, MN | $55,901 (15) 0.85% | $55,901 (15) 0.85% | - | - | - |
| Red Lake Nation CollegeRed Lake, MN | $55,540 (7) 6.40% | $61,418 (4) 10.71% | - | - | $63,605 (3) 33.25% |
| Northwestern Health Sciences UniversityBloomington, MN | $55,297 (8) 31.65% | - | $61,441 (8) | - | - |
| The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, MN | $55,158 (9) 4.07% | $55,351 (6) 7.58% | $66,058 (1) 1.20% | $64,098 (2) 1.02% | - |
| Herzing University-MinneapolisSt. Louis Park, MN | $54,681 (5) 2.95% | - | - | - | $72,908 (5) 2.95% |
| Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, MN | $54,443 (2) 1.26% | $54,443 (2) 2.27% | - | - | - |
| Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, MN | $54,436 (5) 2.57% | $54,436 (5) 2.57% | - | - | - |
| Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, MN | $53,366 (3) 0.31% | $53,366 (3) 0.31% | - | - | - |
| Winona State UniversityWinona, MN | $52,571 (6) 2.69% | $52,571 (6) 2.69% | - | - | - |
| St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, MN | $51,860 (3) 2.22% | $48,000 (1) | - | - | $71,720 (2) 3.28% |
| North Central UniversityMinneapolis, MN | $50,467 (2) 31.39% | $50,467 (2) 31.39% | - | - | - |
| Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, MN | $47,327 (2) 11.22% | $47,327 (2) 11.22% | - | - | - |
| Academy CollegeBloomington, MN | $45,385 (2) 12.25% | - | - | - | $60,513 (2) 12.25% |
| Leech Lake Tribal CollegeCass Lake, MN | $44,736 (17) 33.69% | - | $49,707 (17) 33.69% | - | - |
| White Earth Tribal and Community CollegeMahnomen, MN | $43,454 (4) 23.50% | - | - | - | $57,939 (4) 23.50% |
| University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, MN | $39,272 (2) 1.03% | - | $43,636 (2) 1.03% | - | - |
| Bethlehem College & SeminaryMinneapolis, MN | $36,720 (1) | - | - | - | $48,960 (1) |