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Mississippi Colleges Highest Faculty Salary

Highest Faculty Salary at Mississippi Colleges

University of Mississippi has the highest faculty salary of $92,104 among Mississippi colleges followed by Mississippi State University ($90,000) and University of Southern Mississippi ($77,827). The average faculty salary of the Mississippi colleges is $74,476 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest faculty salary by contract length. The table is sorted by faculty salary in descending order.
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2025 Highest Faculty Salary At Mississippi Colleges
School nameEquated to 9-Month Contract9-Month Contract10-Month Contract11-Month Contract12-Month Contract
1University of MississippiUniversity, MS$92,104
2.26%
$87,801
2.15%
--$134,337
2.71%
2Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS$90,000
3.51%
$86,552
3.56%
--$141,947
2.27%
3University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MS$77,827
3.80%
$76,194
3.52%
--$116,245
4.40%
4Millsaps CollegeJackson, MS$74,305
2.93%
$74,305
2.93%
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5Mississippi CollegeClinton, MS$72,623
1.43%
$75,283
5.47%
--$82,329
15.44%
6Jackson State UniversityJackson, MS$72,102
3.29%
$72,876
3.59%
--$90,458
1.48%
7William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, MS$71,723
30.63%
$46,341
9.66%
$41,000
4.06%
-$104,563
40.19%
8Delta State UniversityCleveland, MS$67,531
4.07%
$67,102
3.49%
--$95,422
8.91%
9Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, MS$65,133
2.86%
$65,218
6.31%
--$86,451
8.85%
10Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, MS$61,415
3.03%
$59,425
2.56%
$71,783
6.89%
$79,860
3.43%
$87,131
1.07%