The American Association of University Professors today released its annual report of faculty salaries at 1,250 colleges and universities.  Full-time faculty salaries rose 1.8% in 2011-12.

Average Salary for Full-Time Faculty

Category	Public	Private, Independent	Private, Religious
Doctoral
— Professor	$120,955	$162,561	$132,998
— Associate Professor	$82,777	$101,954	$90,606
— Assistant Professor	$71,465	$89,307	$76,877
–Instructor	$47,207	$61,096	$63,284
— Lecturer	$54,369	$65,610	$56,584

Top Ten Private Universities in Salaries for Full Professors

University	Ave. Salary
1. Harvard	$198,400
2. Columbia	$197,800
2. Chicago	$197,800
4. Stanford	$195,400
5. Princeton	$193,800
6. NYU	$182,400
7. Pennsylvania	$181,600
8. Yale	$180,400
9. Duke	$175,300
10. Cal-Tech	$172,800

Top Ten Public Universities in Salaries for Full Professors

University	Ave. Salary
1. New Jersey Institute of Technology	$166,600
2. UCLA	$162,600
3. UC-Berkeley	$154,000
4. Michigan	$148,800
5. Rutgers-Newark	$146,000
6. Rutgers-New Brunswick	$145,000
7. North Carolina	$144,000
8. Maryland	$142,600
9. Texas	$142,400
10. Rutgers-Camden	$141,800

Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges in Salaries for Full Professors

College	Ave. Salary
1. Wellesley	$149,000
2. Claremont McKenna	$143,000
3. Barnard	$142,300
4. Amherst	$138,900
5. Harvey Mudd	$135,600
6. Williams	$135,100
7. Pomona	$134,600
8. Swarthmore	$131,400
9. Colgate	$130,700
10. Smith	$130,100

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