Highest Faculty Salary at U.S. Colleges
North-West College-San Diego has the highest faculty salary of $215,232 among U.S. colleges followed by Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago ($205,500) and Princeton University ($203,047). The average faculty salary of the U.S. colleges is $200,484 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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North-West College-San DiegoSan Diego, CA | $215,232 (8) 298.42% | - | - | - | $286,977 (8) 298.42% |
| 2 | Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoChicago, IL | $205,500 (12) | $205,500 (12) | - | - | - |
| 3 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | $203,047 (1,019) 4.10% | $203,047 (1,019) 4.10% | - | - | - |
| 4 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $202,873 (1,835) 4.91% | $194,660 (1,426) 5.46% | - | - | $308,676 (409) 3.86% |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | $202,710 (1,416) 5.68% | $202,317 (1,390) 5.80% | - | - | $298,293 (26) 2.00% |
| 6 | The Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY | $201,055 (70) 4.32% | - | - | - | $268,073 (70) 4.32% |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $196,757 (1,404) 5.87% | $207,380 (1,280) 5.46% | - | - | $116,138 (124) 6.10% |
| 8 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | $196,560 (343) 4.88% | $86,211 (9) 19.37% | - | $243,928 (334) 3.71% | - |
| 9 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | $192,746 (1,289) 6.54% | $194,794 (1,254) 6.48% | - | - | $159,132 (35) 10.74% |
| 10 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $188,356 (2,023) 6.04% | $193,123 (1,859) 4.33% | - | - | $179,085 (164) 18.04% |