Faculty Salary Survey Introduction

First published in 1974, the Faculty Salary Survey by Discipline is a project directed by Oklahoma State University’s Office of Institutional Research and Information Management. The inspiration behind the project emerged from the desire for current salary information for university management. The result is a study which higher education administrators and government officials can use for salary budget decisions.

Doctoral degree-granting institutions from each state were selected to provide low, high, and average salaries for each academic discipline and faculty rank represented on their campuses. These institutions annually award doctorates in a minimum of five different discipline areas. In an effort to produce a national sample of average faculty salaries by discipline, institutions from each state were invited to participate.

While this is the thirty-fifth year for publishing the survey results, this is only the seventh year the book is arranged by 6-digit CIP codes, with 2-digit and 4-digit summary pages included as needed. Two separate “All Discipline Average” pages are included, one with medical disciplines and one without medical disciplines. Given the release of the 2005 Carnegie Classifications and input from our participants and customers, the new basic classifications as defined by the Carnegie Foundation were implemented in our Faculty Salary Survey beginning in 2007-2008. Therefore, breakdowns for each discipline are no longer Research I, Research II and Other. Instead, the salary information is grouped as follows:

In addition to our publication and data files being available by Carnegie Classification, they will also continue to be available by geographic region upon request.

Suggestions are encouraged as we continue to evaluate our survey for improvements and enhancements.

	Faculty Salary Survey

	Description
	Faculty Salary Survey Introduction (PDF)
	Order Form
	Participant List
	Survey Example