Higher Education
Five takeaways from new report on college professor pay
Elana Goodman joins with other protesters calling for women to be paid equally to their male co-workers on March 14, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A report released Wednesday found many women professors are paid less than their male counterparts.
By Eric Stirgus
April 11, 2018The American Association of University Professors released its annual report Wednesday on faculty pay at the nation's colleges and universities.
Here are five things to know from the report:
- Presidents, on average, are paid nearly five times as much as full-time faculty members at their institutions.
- The average salary for a full-time professor is $104,820.
- Male faculty members make more than women. The average pay gap is about 11 percent. (The data does not collect information on length of service or discipline.)
- Faculty members paid an average increase of about $207 in medical benefits.
- Only 5 percent of reporting institutions indicated that they offer all part-time faculty members tuition benefits.
About the Author
Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
