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Overview 2017 Faculty in Higher Education Salary Report

Faculty

in Higher Education Salary Report

Key Findings, Trends, and Comprehensive Tables for Tenure Track, Non-Tenure Track Teaching, and Non-Tenure Track Research Faculty; Academic Department Heads; and Adjunct Faculty at Four-Year Institutions for the 2016-17 Academic Year

2017

CITATION FOR THIS REPORT:

Bichsel, Jacqueline, McChesney, Jasper, and Calcagno, Maria. Faculty in Higher Education Salary Report: Key Findings, Trends, and Comprehensive Tables for Tenure Track, Non-Tenure Track Teaching, and Non-Tenure Track Research Faculty; Academic Department Heads; and Adjunct Faculty at Four-Year Institutions for the 2016-17 Academic Year. Research report. Knoxville, TN: CUPA-HR, March 2017. Available from .

Contents

About CUPA-HR

Highlights

2

Introduction

3

Faculty Surveyed

3

Disciplines Surveyed

4

Participating Institution Characteristics

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Tenure Track Faculty Age

Gender

Race/Ethnicity

Disciplines With the Highest and Lowest Pay

Hottest Disciplines for New Faculty Hires

Department Heads

Adjunct (Pay-Per-Course) Faculty

Methodology

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Survey

6

Respondents

6

Acknowledgments

7

Appendix A. Comprehensive Tables

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Appendix B. Participating Institutions

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ALL SECTIONS AVAILABLE IN

FULL REPORT

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Highlights

The following are highlighted results from the CUPA-HR Faculty in Higher Education Salary Report:

Nursing, psychology, and English language/literature were the top three areas for new faculty hires.

Tenure track associate professors who do not get promoted to full professor do not enjoy the salary increases that full professors get before retirement.

Racial/ethnic minority tenure track faculty are paid equitably at all ranks. Female tenure track faculty are underrepresented in higher faculty ranks and as

department heads. Tenure track faculty in the discipline of law make higher salaries than do faculty in

any other discipline. More than half of department heads receive a salary supplement, and more than half

receive course relief. Only one quarter of department heads receive a summer salary. Adjunct (pay-per-course) faculty make approximately $1,000 per credit hour. Overall,

there are three adjunct faculty members for every four full-time faculty members.

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Introduction

This year is a momentous one for CUPA-HR research. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary (and the 36th anniversary of this report), we are also celebrating transformations in the way data are collected for all salary surveys and in the ways we report this data. For our four-year faculty survey, we've instituted numerous changes:

Rather than contributing aggregated (average) data for each faculty discipline, participants now report salary data for each faculty member. This new method of data collection allows for the reporting of key demographic variables, including gender, race/ethnicity, birth year (estimated age), and years in rank.1

We are now collecting department head information in this survey. Participants are asked to report salary supplements, summer salary, and course relief for department heads when applicable.

Participants can now provide aggregated salary information for pay-per-course (adjunct) faculty.

In addition to changes in data collection, we have also instituted changes in the design of our annual reports. Reports now feature "deep dive" analyses that explore aspects of our data that are of general interest to the higher education community. Reports also feature more data visualization -- new graphs and charts help summarize data and aid in interpretation.

FACULT Y SURVEYED

Data on 237,231 tenure track (TT), non-tenure track teaching (NTT), non-tenure track research (NTR), and department head faculty were collected by rank: professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor for TT and NTT faculty; and professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, scientist, and postdoctoral scholar for NTR faculty. Salary data on adjunct (pay-per-course) faculty were collected in aggregate form.2

1 See the Four-Year Faculty Survey Participation Integrated Template for a list of all survey questions and faculty disciplines.

2 Non-salary demographic information was not collected for pay-per-course (adjunct) faculty.

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DISCIPLINES SURVEYED

Disciplines used in the survey are based on the IPEDS Classification of Instructional Programs.1 The CIP taxonomy is a hierarchy organized on three levels:

2-digit codes (XX) define the most general groupings of related programs. 4-digit codes (XX.XX) define intermediate groupings of programs that have

comparable content and objectives. 6-digit codes (XX.XXXX) define specific instructional programs.

For example:

01. AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS, AND RELATED SCIENCES. Instructional programs that focus on agriculture and related sciences and that prepare individuals to apply specific knowledge, methods and techniques to the management and performance of agricultural operations.

01.02. Agricultural Business and Management. Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 01.0101-01.0199.

01.0102 Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. A program that prepares individuals to manage agricultural businesses and agriculturally related operations within diversified corporations. Includes instruction in agriculture, agricultural specialization, business management, accounting, finance, marketing, planning, human resources management and other managerial responsibilities.

1 IPEDS Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) (2010). National Center for Education Statistics.

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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION CHAR ACTERISTICS

The information in Figure 1 summarizes the institutional characteristics of respondents on this year's Faculty and Department Heads in Higher Education Salary Survey. In total, 687 institutions provided incumbent-level data for 237,231 full-time faculty.1 Institutions are well-represented in this year's data by classification, affiliation, and region.

FOUR-YEAR FACULTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 2016-17

Characteristics of Responding Institutions

C L A S S I F I C AT I O N 50%

316

25% 168

0% Doctoral

Master's

A F F I L I AT I O N

Private Religious

Public

216 275

144 Baccalaureate

59 Specialty/Other

Midwest

REGION

Northeast

219

160

Private

196

Independent

84 West

224 South

Figure 1

1 See Appendix B for a list of all participating institutions.

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Methodology

SURVEY

Data for CUPA-HR's Faculty and Department Heads in Higher Education Salary Survey was collected November 1, 2016-February 5, 2017. The survey was conducted entirely online. Data were collected through Surveys Online, CUPA-HR's data collection and reporting system.

For this year's survey, data were collected for 164,736 tenure track faculty, 60,184 non-tenure track teaching faculty, 12,311 non-tenure track research faculty, and 8,847 department heads. Also, 148 institutions provided aggregated salary information for pay-per-course (adjunct) faculty.1 In addition to the salaries collected for each full-time faculty member, data were collected on gender, race/ethnicity, year the faculty member entered the current rank, and birth year. Except for salary information, provision of the other demographic information was voluntary. Participants could either enter this data manually or upload a file containing salary and demographic data.

In addition, data about institutional characteristics (operating expenses; student, faculty, and staff size; collective bargaining availability for certain groups; and number of separations in the past year) were collected.2

RESPONDENTS

Respondents were largely human resource professionals from higher education institutions in the U.S.3 There were 687 colleges and universities that completed the survey, including 5 systems reporting in the aggregate for all of their campuses. Counting these campuses, this year's survey reflects data for 708 institutions in total.4

Carnegie Class Doctoral Master's Baccalaureate Special/Other

Total

Private Independent

34 78 45 39 196

Affiliation Private

Religious 21

109 73 13

262

Public 113 129 26 7 547

Total 168 316 144 59 687

1 There were 19 institutions that provided adjunct salary information by discipline. Since this was not a large enough sample size to analyze by discipline, this data was rolled up to an overall average and included with the other aggregated adjunct data.

2 See the Four-Year Faculty Survey Participation Integrated Template for more specific information about the questions asked on this year's survey:

3 There were no non-U.S. participants in this year's survey.

4 Private for-profit institutions were not included in the analyses for this report.

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Acknowledgments

CUPA-HR's Faculty in Higher Education Salary Report provides data on salaries and demographic information for faculty employed in a cross-section of the nation's colleges and universities.

We are indebted to the human resources professionals, institutional research professionals, and professionals working in the office of the provost of the colleges and universities who completed the survey.

In the CUPA-HR national office, our research department staff coordinated and reviewed all aspects of survey analysis and report production. To ensure the accuracy of data, the research staff conducted numerous outlier and validation checks with those responsible for completing the survey. Peerfocus, Inc., our partner and collaborator in Surveys Online, provided web-based data collection, automated validation checks, and table generation. This report was designed, reviewed, edited, and marketed by members of our research, communications, and executive teams, acknowledged below.

CUPA-HR RESEARCH STAFF

Jacqueline Bichsel, Ph.D. Jasper McChesney, M.S. Maria Calcagno, Ph.D.

Director of Research

Data Visualization

Survey Data Manager

Researcher

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Suzi Bowen, M.A. Research Operations Manager

Gayle Kiser Director of Communications and Marketing

CUPA-HR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Missy Kline Content Manager

Sarah Carson Marketing Manager

Jeremy Longmire Sr. Graphic Designer

CUPA-HR EXECUTIVE REVIEWERS

Andy Brantley President and CEO

Rob Shomaker Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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