Average Faculty Salary for Mississippi Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Mississippi Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $65,974 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $82,661 (up 4.47% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $67,881 (up 3.32% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $61,853 (up 3.28% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $50,115 (up 2.46% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $54,138 (up 10.47% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $63,723 (up 51.72% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $86,644 (year-over-year change: +3.15%)
- R2 research universities: $72,102 (year-over-year change: +3.29%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $63,709 (year-over-year change: +2.80%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $53,550 (year-over-year change: +0.28%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $63,709 (year-over-year change: +2.80%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in Mississippi or its salary information is not available.
- Faith-related institutions: $59,375 (year-over-year change: +13.77%)
- No Community colleges in Mississippi or its salary information is not available.
Mississippi Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for mississippi 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 | $65,974 4.27% |
$86,644 3.15% |
$72,102 3.29% |
$63,709 2.80% |
$53,550 0.28% |
- - |
| Professor | $82,661 4.47% |
$117,017 3.06% |
$91,165 6.06% |
$77,858 5.32% |
$65,141 1.29% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $67,881 3.32% |
$90,239 2.56% |
$74,751 3.90% |
$66,101 1.37% |
$54,431 0.72% |
- - |
| Assistant professor | $61,853 3.28% |
$81,600 3.12% |
$66,759 3.16% |
$59,940 2.60% |
$52,477 1.43% |
- - |
| Instructor | $50,115 2.46% |
$57,305 3.21% |
$53,285 4.92% |
$54,139 2.20% |
$46,296 5.23% |
- - |
| Lecturer | $54,138 10.47% |
$49,240 4.13% |
$51,444 51,444.00% |
- - |
$71,523 10.43% |
- - |
| No academic rank | $63,723 51.72% |
- - |
$56,783 56,783.00% |
- - |
$55,917 33.13% |
- - |
Updated: July 1, 2025
Mississippi Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Strayer University-Mississippi $100,490
- University of Mississippi $92,104
- Mississippi State University $90,000
- University of Southern Mississippi $77,827
- Millsaps College $74,305
- Mississippi College $72,623
- Jackson State University $72,102
- William Carey University $71,723
- Delta State University $67,531
- Alcorn State University $65,133