Professor Salary at Ohio Colleges
The 2025 average professor salary at Ohio colleges is $88,464 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. Case Western Reserve University has the highest professor salary of $168,718 among Ohio colleges followed by Ohio State University-Main Campus ($167,266) and Denison University ($142,117).
The following table lists the Ohio colleges with professor salary information by contract length where the salary data is available. The table is sorted by faculty salary in descending order.
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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH | $168,718 2.13% | $170,313 1.35% | - | - | $211,071 7.22% |
| Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH | $167,266 4.78% | $174,175 4.36% | - | - | $183,868 7.38% |
| Denison UniversityGranville, OH | $142,117 1.22% | $142,117 1.22% | - | - | - |
| University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, OH | $139,116 0.93% | $141,107 1.02% | - | - | $143,597 1.39% |
| Oberlin CollegeOberlin, OH | $139,073 2.71% | $139,073 2.71% | - | - | - |
| Miami University-OxfordOxford, OH | $131,457 0.09% | $131,457 0.09% | - | - | - |
| Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, OH | $126,894 1.97% | $129,582 2.13% | - | - | $139,864 0.50% |
| Ohio State University-Newark CampusNewark, OH | $121,666 0.94% | $121,666 0.94% | - | - | - |
| University of DaytonDayton, OH | $121,661 0.24% | $121,476 1.41% | $93,554 - | $128,772 2.06% | $172,701 3.42% |
| Kent State University at KentKent, OH | $120,225 1.17% | $121,986 1.50% | - | - | $123,767 3.38% |
| Ohio State University-Marion CampusMarion, OH | $118,734 4.61% | $118,734 4.61% | - | - | - |
| Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, OH | $117,988 5.14% | $119,049 4.76% | - | - | $132,241 0.69% |
| Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityRootstown, OH | $116,693 2.00% | - | - | - | $155,591 2.00% |
| Kenyon CollegeGambier, OH | $115,771 2.91% | $115,771 2.91% | - | - | - |
| University of ToledoToledo, OH | $115,666 0.54% | $116,453 1.14% | - | - | $143,726 5.56% |
| Ohio State University-Lima CampusLima, OH | $115,061 4.17% | $119,545 2.35% | - | - | $99,618 13.12% |
| Kent State University at TuscarawasNew Philadelphia, OH | $113,103 6.04% | $113,103 6.04% | - | - | - |
| University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBatavia, OH | $111,064 2.38% | $111,064 2.38% | - | - | - |
| Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, OH | $109,051 1.50% | $109,051 1.50% | - | - | - |
| Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, OH | $108,717 1.07% | $109,392 0.03% | - | $108,827 8.30% | $134,114 20.96% |
| University of Akron Main CampusAkron, OH | $108,338 3.98% | $108,345 4.52% | $95,911 2.03% | $130,149 | $145,578 1.01% |
| University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, OH | $107,258 1.57% | $107,258 1.57% | - | - | - |
| Xavier UniversityCincinnati, OH | $106,629 0.16% | $106,629 0.16% | - | - | - |
| Miami University-MiddletownMiddletown, OH | $105,532 1.68% | $105,532 1.68% | - | - | - |
| Capital UniversityColumbus, OH | $104,443 1.90% | $104,588 1.89% | $108,789 2.00% | - | - |
| Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH | $104,420 9.17% | $104,420 8.77% | - | - | - |
| Ohio State University-Mansfield CampusMansfield, OH | $104,201 5.51% | $104,201 5.51% | - | - | - |
| Bowling Green State University-FirelandsHuron, OH | $101,913 1.44% | $101,913 1.44% | - | - | - |
| John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, OH | $101,184 0.20% | $101,184 0.20% | - | - | - |
| The College of WoosterWooster, OH | $98,554 3.33% | $98,554 3.33% | - | - | - |
| Kent State University at AshtabulaAshtabula, OH | $98,420 0.65% | $98,420 0.65% | - | - | - |
| Kent State University at TrumbullWarren, OH | $98,122 6.24% | $98,122 6.24% | - | - | - |
| Kent State University at StarkNorth Canton, OH | $97,450 0.14% | $99,727 2.19% | - | - | $78,309 |
| Mount Carmel College of NursingColumbus, OH | $97,115 2.92% | - | - | - | $129,487 2.92% |
| Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OH | $95,227 0.62% | $95,227 0.62% | - | - | - |
| Ohio Northern UniversityAda, OH | $94,851 2.33% | $94,424 2.03% | - | - | $139,931 7.26% |
| Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health ScienceCincinnati, OH | $94,850 14.28% | - | - | - | $126,467 14.28% |
| Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, OH | $94,277 8.42% | $96,264 10.70% | - | $98,078 | - |
| Kent State University at SalemSalem, OH | $93,454 3.00% | $93,454 3.00% | - | - | - |
| The Christ College of Nursing and Health SciencesCincinnati, OH | $92,714 - | - | $103,015 - | - | - |
| Ohio University-Zanesville CampusZanesville, OH | $92,602 3.74% | $92,765 3.90% | - | - | $121,296 2.05% |
| Kent State University at GeaugaBurton, OH | $92,336 4.01% | $93,295 4.17% | - | - | $115,442 3.00% |
| Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, OH | $91,303 1.58% | $91,303 1.58% | - | - | - |
| Kettering CollegeKettering, OH | $91,246 8.92% | $76,798 5.92% | - | - | $124,070 10.15% |
| Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, OH | $90,749 4.90% | $90,749 8.14% | - | - | - |
| Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, OH | $90,486 2.27% | $90,589 2.39% | - | - | $98,830 |
| Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, OH | $89,111 1.62% | $88,704 1.44% | $99,530 1.68% | $139,006 15.49% | $118,902 - |
| Cedarville UniversityCedarville, OH | $88,874 2.46% | $88,029 2.77% | - | - | $131,373 3.76% |
| Central State UniversityWilberforce, OH | $88,463 4.13% | $88,463 4.13% | - | - | - |
| Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, OH | $87,963 0.67% | $88,253 0.34% | - | - | $100,257 |
| Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, OH | $87,603 10.23% | $82,002 16.12% | - | - | $139,207 6.62% |
| DeVry University-OhioColumbus, OH | $87,173 3.79% | - | - | - | $116,231 3.79% |
| Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, OH | $85,500 31.83% | - | $95,000 31.83% | - | - |
| Mercy College of OhioToledo, OH | $85,297 10.42% | $73,066 5.99% | - | - | $120,253 18.20% |
| Otterbein UniversityWesterville, OH | $85,150 5.47% | $85,544 5.96% | - | - | $85,655 |
| The University of FindlayFindlay, OH | $82,949 3.70% | $88,487 8.03% | $70,352 20.26% | - | $104,356 6.66% |
| University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, OH | $82,249 3.75% | $82,249 3.75% | - | - | - |
| University of Mount UnionAlliance, OH | $81,638 0.77% | - | $89,883 0.58% | $107,100 2.00% | $113,797 5.76% |
| Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland, OH | $81,508 0.05% | $81,508 0.05% | - | - | - |
| Muskingum UniversityNew Concord, OH | $81,414 3.64% | $81,414 3.64% | - | - | - |
| Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark, OH | $79,542 0.70% | $77,875 0.40% | - | - | $107,390 0.41% |
| Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, OH | $79,410 2.36% | $79,410 2.36% | - | - | - |
| Marietta CollegeMarietta, OH | $77,709 1.37% | $77,943 1.22% | - | $86,994 5.22% | - |
| Clark State CollegeSpringfield, OH | $77,491 13.79% | $77,337 13.15% | - | $98,862 29.06% | - |
| Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, OH | $77,439 0.81% | $77,439 0.81% | - | - | - |
| Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbus, OH | $76,415 0.91% | $76,415 0.91% | - | - | - |
| Tiffin UniversityTiffin, OH | $76,279 12.76% | $76,279 12.76% | - | - | - |
| Methodist Theological School in OhioDelaware, OH | $76,004 3.35% | $76,004 3.35% | - | - | - |
| Ashland UniversityAshland, OH | $75,661 2.41% | $76,212 2.45% | - | - | $72,958 2.84% |
| United Theological SeminaryDayton, OH | $73,663 1.95% | - | - | $90,053 1.95% | - |
| Defiance CollegeDefiance, OH | $72,100 3.74% | $72,100 3.74% | - | - | - |
| Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, OH | $71,246 | $71,246 | - | - | - |
| Malone UniversityCanton, OH | $70,351 0.29% | $70,465 0.10% | $77,534 2.19% | - | - |
| Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenville, OH | $69,974 28.53% | - | - | - | $93,298 |
| Lourdes UniversitySylvania, OH | $68,770 0.86% | $68,770 0.86% | - | - | - |
| Wilmington CollegeWilmington, OH | $68,474 11.64% | $68,474 11.64% | - | - | - |
| Pontifical College JosephinumColumbus, OH | $67,855 20.83% | - | - | - | $90,473 20.83% |
| Marion Technical CollegeMarion, OH | $67,093 9.64% | $67,699 13.76% | $71,912 12.30% | - | $89,449 6.65% |
| Athenaeum of OhioCincinnati, OH | $67,037 5.56% | $67,037 5.56% | - | - | - |
| Ursuline CollegePepper Pike, OH | $66,652 0.10% | - | $74,058 0.10% | - | - |
| Hiram CollegeHiram, OH | $65,502 2.18% | $65,502 2.18% | - | - | - |
| Heidelberg UniversityTiffin, OH | $65,499 5.23% | $65,499 5.23% | - | - | - |
| James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, OH | $64,666 2.29% | $70,385 5.32% | $66,600 6.69% | - | $83,575 |
| Lake Erie CollegePainesville, OH | $62,756 0.41% | $62,665 0.47% | - | - | $84,524 0.25% |
| Washington State Community CollegeMarietta, OH | $61,858 0.56% | $59,787 1.01% | - | $79,787 0.78% | $85,411 |
| Columbus College of Art & DesignColumbus, OH | $59,209 0.86% | - | - | - | $78,946 0.86% |
| Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, OH | $59,147 0.22% | - | - | - | $78,862 0.22% |
| Art Academy of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH | $58,790 5.15% | $58,790 5.15% | - | - | - |
| Zane State CollegeZanesville, OH | $58,788 5.67% | $63,753 2.39% | $44,631 36.02% | - | - |
| Bluffton UniversityBluffton, OH | $57,663 25.70% | - | $64,070 | - | - |
| University of Northwestern OhioLima, OH | $57,417 0.18% | - | - | - | $76,556 0.18% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon, OH | $57,235 12.43% | $58,505 10.47% | $63,339 12.88% | - | $48,150 |
| Payne Theological SeminaryWilberforce, OH | $52,313 - | - | - | - | $69,751 - |
| Winebrenner Theological SeminaryFindlay, OH | $45,638 0.19% | - | - | - | $60,850 0.19% |
| Rabbinical College TelsheWickliffe, OH | $42,783 12.68% | - | - | - | $57,044 12.68% |
| Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville, OH | $41,250 18.41% | - | - | - | $55,000 18.41% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan CollegeSalem, OH | $25,063 8.83% | - | $27,848 8.83% | - | - |
| Gods Bible School and CollegeCincinnati, OH | $12,099 7.12% | - | $13,388 10.64% | - | $16,331 24.55% |