Highest Professor Salary at U.S. Colleges
Stanford University has the highest professor salary of $320,529 among U.S. colleges followed by Princeton University ($314,734) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($294,972). The average professor salary of the U.S. colleges is $290,719 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 faculty salary in descending order.
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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | $320,529 4.65% | $322,822 4.59% | - | - | $350,142 7.21% |
| 2 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | $314,734 5.12% | $314,734 5.12% | - | - | - |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $294,972 3.65% | $295,402 3.80% | - | - | - |
| 4 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $293,619 6.39% | $290,136 6.83% | - | - | $409,614 4.63% |
| 5 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | $288,239 3.15% | $288,721 3.22% | - | - | $323,371 2.21% |
| 6 | The Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY | $283,086 2.05% | - | - | - | $377,448 2.05% |
| 7 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | $280,736 3.71% | $280,736 3.71% | - | - | - |
| 8 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $279,180 5.72% | $284,903 5.75% | - | - | $261,407 4.24% |
| 9 | New York UniversityNew York, NY | $277,104 3.93% | $284,041 2.73% | - | - | $313,009 8.54% |
| 10 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | $274,986 3.52% | $297,960 2.72% | - | $235,245 4.02% | - |