Highest Instructor Salary at U.S. Colleges
Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest instructor salary of $197,625 among U.S. colleges followed by North Carolina State University at Raleigh ($186,300) and George Washington University ($170,763). The average instructor salary of the U.S. colleges is $154,392 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest instructor 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 | |
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1 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | $197,625 (4) | $197,625 (4) | - | - | - |
2 | North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC | $186,300 (1) 3.50% | $186,300 (1) 3.50% | - | - | - |
3 | George Washington UniversityWashington, DC | $170,763 (1) 3.75% | $170,763 (1) 3.75% | - | - | - |
4 | Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH | $167,750 (4) 67.64% | $167,750 (4) 13.13% | - | - | - |
5 | Evergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, CA | $147,682 (113) 15.06% | - | $169,411 (99) 15.79% | - | $151,770 (14) 68.84% |
6 | Presidio Graduate SchoolSan Francisco, CA | $142,500 (1) | - | - | - | $190,000 (1) |
7 | Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | $135,000 (1) | - | $150,000 (1) | - | - |
8 | Bryan College of Health SciencesLincoln, NE | $133,973 (1) - | - | - | - | $178,630 (1) - |
9 | San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, CA | $131,793 (125) 1.75% | - | $155,112 (102) 4.85% | - | $129,557 (23) 2.34% |
10 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA | $130,536 (1) | $130,536 (1) | - | - | - |