Average Faculty Salary for Indiana Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Indiana Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $71,662 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $88,259 (up 2.66% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $77,007 (up 3.38% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $68,364 (up 1.95% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $57,793 (up 6.42% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $53,643 (up 1.68% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $64,252 (up 11.03% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $131,005 (year-over-year change: +2.50%)
- R2 research universities: $80,773 (year-over-year change: +2.80%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $69,800 (year-over-year change: +1.76%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $69,944 (year-over-year change: +2.63%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $69,800 (year-over-year change: +1.76%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $45,660 (year-over-year change: -28.97%)
- Faith-related institutions: $55,005 (year-over-year change: +4.43%)
- No Community colleges in Indiana or its salary information is not available.
Indiana Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for indiana colleges' faculty by academic rank in the academic year 2024-2025. The average amount is based on a 9-month contract or equated employees. You can check the average salary information for your desired state and school category.
State
| Academic Rank | All Colleges | R1 Universities | R2 Universities | Master's Colleges | BS Colleges | Community Colleges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Faculty Total | $71,662 1.67% |
$131,005 2.50% |
$80,773 2.80% |
$69,800 1.76% |
$69,944 2.63% |
- - |
| Professor | $88,259 2.66% |
$176,956 2.68% |
$107,146 2.43% |
$81,383 1.85% |
$88,272 6.41% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $77,007 3.38% |
$125,651 3.92% |
$87,222 4.06% |
$72,480 1.57% |
$74,902 7.23% |
- - |
| Assistant professor | $68,364 1.95% |
$116,289 2.66% |
$79,928 2.01% |
$66,327 1.99% |
$62,272 2.71% |
- - |
| Instructor | $57,793 6.42% |
$126,188 77.53% |
$63,457 4.09% |
$57,077 3.26% |
$55,355 4.34% |
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| Lecturer | $53,643 1.68% |
$68,171 6.85% |
$58,330 2.77% |
$52,826 1.69% |
$48,138 2.07% |
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| No academic rank | $64,252 11.03% |
$73,638 23.67% |
$42,393 19.87% |
$63,857 11.27% |
$51,343 6.56% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Indiana Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- University of Notre Dame $154,241
- Purdue University-Main Campus $130,529
- John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences $108,333
- Indiana University-Bloomington $108,244
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology $105,538
- DePauw University $90,845
- College of Court Reporting Inc $88,965
- Saint Meinrad School of Theology $88,844
- Purdue University Northwest $88,540
- Butler University $86,789