Highest Associate Professor Salary at U.S. Colleges
Stanford University has the highest associate professor salary of $204,162 among U.S. colleges followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($191,064) and California Institute of Technology ($185,891). The average associate professor salary of the U.S. colleges is $180,936 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest associate professor salary by contract length. 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 | |
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| 1 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | $204,162 3.86% | $203,267 3.58% | - | - | $403,578 10.90% |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $191,064 3.49% | $191,064 3.49% | - | - | - |
| 3 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | $185,891 | - | - | $227,250 | - |
| 4 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | $185,612 4.07% | $185,612 4.07% | - | - | - |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | $177,089 2.70% | $177,089 2.70% | - | - | - |
| 6 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | $176,668 5.80% | $177,691 5.88% | - | - | $192,220 3.00% |
| 7 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $176,247 1.30% | $150,744 3.23% | - | - | $278,798 1.02% |
| 8 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | $172,989 5.26% | $175,033 5.07% | - | - | $150,115 20.03% |
| 9 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | $171,846 4.48% | $171,846 4.48% | - | - | - |
| 10 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $167,792 2.66% | $172,363 2.18% | - | - | $161,261 8.53% |