Highest Instructor Salary at Tennessee Colleges
Hussian College-Daymar College Clarksville has the highest instructor salary of $71,440 among Tennessee colleges followed by Southern College of Optometry ($69,875) and The University of Tennessee-Knoxville ($67,980). The average instructor salary of the Tennessee colleges is $65,534 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hussian College-Daymar College ClarksvilleClarksville, TN | $71,440 (1) 139.33% | - | - | $87,335 (1) | - |
| 2 | Southern College of OptometryMemphis, TN | $69,875 (6) 2.32% | - | - | - | $93,167 (6) 2.32% |
| 3 | The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, TN | $67,980 (37) 4.82% | $68,303 (28) 1.99% | - | - | $89,300 (9) 21.79% |
| 4 | Belmont UniversityNashville, TN | $66,584 (65) 9.55% | - | $73,953 (62) 9.84% | - | $89,488 (3) 4.89% |
| 5 | Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN | $66,225 (40) 1.10% | $57,139 (3) 0.57% | - | - | $89,282 (37) 0.49% |
| 6 | Hussian College-Daymar College NashvilleNashville, TN | $63,750 (1) 93.18% | - | - | - | $85,000 (1) 93.18% |
| 7 | The University of the SouthSewanee, TN | $63,658 (9) 5.25% | $63,658 (9) 5.25% | - | - | - |
| 8 | South CollegeKnoxville, TN | $62,490 (139) 2.83% | - | - | - | $83,319 (139) 2.82% |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN | $62,386 (27) 3.37% | $65,352 (1) | - | - | $83,030 (26) 3.19% |
| 10 | Lipscomb UniversityNashville, TN | $60,952 (15) 9.89% | - | $78,074 (9) 30.66% | - | $62,638 (6) 17.11% |