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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

2007-08 Total Average Faculty Salary, Ranked by Total Professor Salary
(Dollars in Thousands)

Institution
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Instructor
All Ranks
Harvard Univ
184.8
106.1
95.4
53.8
142.7
Stanford Univ
173.7
122.2
94.3
147.4
Princeton Univ
172.2
107.5
81.2
65.3
131.7
Univ of Chicago
170.8
103.3
90.7
57.0
121.8
Yale Univ
165.1
91.3
81.6
124.2
Univ of Pennsylvania
163.3
107.5
95.9
134.7
Columbia Univ
162.5
98.2
80.5
106.9
120.8
New York Univ
162.4
102.6
90.3
39.5
106.3
California Tech
162.2
120.2
101.3
46.4
141.2
Northwestern Univ
153.6
100.5
87.9
124.2
Duke Univ
152.6
102.5
87.3
125.7
Massachusetts Tech
151.6
106.4
93.3
61.4
123.3
Washington Univ-St Louis
150.8
96.4
80.0
107.5
Cornell Univ-Endowed Colleges
148.2
103.4
89.8
72.8
113.4
Emory Univ
147.2
93.4
78.9
112.4
Vanderbilt Univ
140.3
91.0
69.5
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101.1
Univ of Southern California
140.1
93.6
85.0
57.6
103.0
Brown Univ
139.9
88.0
74.9
107.8
Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
138.5
90.9
76.9
78.7
101.9
Rice Univ
137.1
94.5
81.6
50.4
103.7
Univ of Michigan-Ann Arbor
137.0
89.1
79.3
99.0
Georgia Tech
134.7
93.0
80.8
49.2
107.8
Univ of Virginia
132.7
91.0
74.5
52.9
103.0
Carnegie Mellon Univ
132.2
96.4
84.3
103.7
Rutgers St Univ-New Brunswick
130.1
89.4
72.5
43.1
101.3
Univ of Maryland-College Park
127.5
89.5
78.8
57.2
97.9
Univ of Texas-Austin
126.0
81.3
77.6
75.7
92.2
Univ of Illinois-Urbana
125.7
82.2
73.7
51.8
97.1
Penn State Univ-Main
125.4
85.0
69.5
45.0
84.2
Univ of Pittsburgh-Main
121.9
80.4
67.7
41.5
83.3
Ohio St Univ-Main
121.6
80.5
70.9
51.1
95.7
Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities
121.3
84.3
72.3
45.4
91.7
Tulane Univ
119.8
82.4
66.1
58.4
83.3
Case Western Reserve Univ
118.9
81.5
69.9
54.2
91.7
Univ of Rochester
118.2
85.8
77.2
97.1
Univ of Iowa
118.1
81.0
69.6
47.0
90.8
Brandeis Univ
116.6
84.0
74.6
53.9
93.5
Univ of Colorado-Boulder
116.4
84.9
72.3
48.0
84.5
Univ of Washington-Seattle
116.4
83.4
73.9
41.8
91.2
Virginia Tech
116.2
83.0
68.1
43.7
87.3
SUNY-Stony Brook
116.2
86.5
68.6
46.9
88.9
Michigan St Univ
116.0
82.8
64.2
38.6
87.3
Univ of California-San Diego
116.0
83.4
67.8
63.2
92.8
Indiana Univ-Bloomington
114.0
77.8
68.4
86.3
Univ of Arizona
113.1
79.0
69.7
91.9
Texas A&M Univ
112.3
79.8
70.5
82.8
Purdue Univ-Main
111.3
77.2
69.2
46.5
86.9
NC State Univ
110.8
82.0
69.9
49.2
84.6
Univ of Kansas-Main
110.5
76.1
65.0
86.7
Univ of Florida
109.3
73.0
62.5
82.5
Syracuse Univ
107.0
78.2
68.6
63.6
85.4
Iowa St Univ
106.7
77.6
67.6
47.9
81.8
Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
105.2
74.4
65.1
82.2
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
104.7
80.3
69.1
50.8
89.3
Univ of Georgia
103.1
74.2
67.5
50.8
82.8
Univ of Missouri-Columbia
102.8
70.8
58.2
76.1
Univ of Oregon
94.8
67.5
61.9
43.2
69.8
SUNY Coll-Buffalo
80.6
66.4
56.3
64.4

Source Note: This analysis was prepared by University Planning & Analysis based on figures published in "The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession," Academe, March/April 2008, American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC. Responsibility for the accuracy of this analysis rests with the institutions and not the AAUP.

*This analysis excludes the McGill Univ., Columbia Univ. and Univ. of Toronto due to data availability..

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