Highest Professor Salary at National Universities Colleges
Stanford University has the highest professor salary of $288,663 among national universities colleges followed by Princeton University ($280,268) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($268,486). The average professor salary of the national universities colleges is $263,180 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest professor 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 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | $288,663 (604) 7.59% | $290,807 (581) 7.83% | - | - | $312,675 (23) 0.89% |
2 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | $280,268 (499) 5.10% | $280,268 (499) 5.10% | - | - | - |
3 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $268,486 (667) 7.39% | $268,486 (667) 7.39% | - | - | - |
4 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | $268,188 (616) 7.19% | $268,319 (612) 7.05% | - | - | $330,850 (4) 21.22% |
5 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $264,272 (1,015) 4.46% | $260,508 (811) 4.78% | - | - | $372,317 (204) 3.64% |
6 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | $258,150 (608) 4.76% | $258,150 (608) 4.76% | - | - | - |
7 | New York UniversityNew York, NY | $254,385 (807) 6.27% | $263,741 (671) 6.56% | - | - | $277,635 (136) 4.19% |
8 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | $254,291 (647) 0.92% | $280,442 (490) 2.20% | - | $211,089 (157) 2.27% | - |
9 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $248,620 (1,039) 5.02% | $254,004 (964) 5.06% | - | - | $239,211 (75) 4.91% |
10 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | $246,477 (815) 3.60% | $246,477 (815) 3.60% | - | - | - |