Average Faculty Salary for Colorado Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Colorado Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $76,814 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $102,155 (up 0.43% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $85,613 (up 3.48% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $74,965 (up 2.05% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $59,074 (down 5.05% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $61,062 (up 4.83% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $64,493 (down 0.59% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $115,778 (year-over-year change: +2.86%)
- R2 research universities: $84,275 (year-over-year change: +2.04%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $63,926 (year-over-year change: +0.06%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $80,282 (year-over-year change: +0.88%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $63,926 (year-over-year change: +0.06%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in Colorado or its salary information is not available.
- Faith-related institutions: $58,303 (year-over-year change: +2.49%)
- No Community colleges in Colorado or its salary information is not available.
Colorado Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for colorado 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 | $76,814 2.10% |
$115,778 2.86% |
$84,275 2.04% |
$63,926 0.06% |
$80,282 0.88% |
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| Professor | $102,155 0.43% |
$156,842 2.36% |
$123,613 4.77% |
$83,379 2.29% |
$101,631 2.08% |
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| Associate professor | $85,613 3.48% |
$116,326 2.37% |
$97,866 2.94% |
$69,292 4.32% |
$85,538 4.41% |
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| Assistant professor | $74,965 2.05% |
$102,666 3.62% |
$83,553 1.58% |
$63,013 1.76% |
$72,455 3.27% |
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| Instructor | $59,074 5.05% |
$81,497 4.49% |
$62,376 2.65% |
$36,439 23.25% |
$47,778 20.67% |
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| Lecturer | $61,062 4.83% |
$84,682 6.92% |
$65,000 19.73% |
$55,366 4.33% |
$61,589 3.66% |
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| No academic rank | $64,493 0.59% |
$92,455 9.57% |
$68,005 17.85% |
$39,695 39.77% |
$82,100 43.77% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Colorado Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Colorado School of Mines $126,001
- Taft University System $125,407
- University of Colorado Boulder $119,920
- University of Denver $118,036
- Colorado College $115,072
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus $107,980
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins $106,952
- Metropolitan State University of Denver $91,331
- Rocky Vista University $90,738
- Colorado Mountain College $84,758