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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
SALARY AND COMPENSATION FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY

AT AAU AND SCHEV PEER GROUP INSTITUTIONS

These reports provide average compensation and salary figures for institutions included in the American Association of Universities, and average salary figures for the University's peer institutions, as established by the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia. These figures include instructional faculty paid on a full-time basis; all medical faculty have been excluded. Salary figures for faculty with eleven- or twelve-month duties have been converted to nine-month figures. The source for these figures is "The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 1996-97," as printed in the March-April 1997 issue of Academe, the bulletin of the American Association of University Professors.

SOURCE:Institutional Assessment and Studies

DATE: October 1, 1997

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FACULTY SALARY AVERAGES

Salary at AAU Institutions:

•The 60 institutions included in the rankings are only the U.S. institutions. Two Canadian institutions, the University of Toronto and McGill University, have been excluded. Included for the first time this year are the University of California - Davis and the University of California - Irvine, which were added to the AAU in 1996.

•The University averages in all four years displayed represent the salary averages and merit increases as of December 1 of those years. The 1996-97 average does not include the increases from endowment funds that were made in early 1997, retroactive to December 1996. The retroactive increase from the endowment, along with this year's installment from the endowment and five-percent increase from the state, should move the University up a few positions for 1997-98.

•In 1989-90, before the first round of the Wilder budget cuts, U.Va. ranked 18th (68th percentile) in the AAU. Since then, our ranking has varied, never rising above 18th, and stands at 32nd (47th percentile) for 1996-97. This represents the University's lowest percentile rank since 1984-85. During that seven-year period, our average salary increased from $54,100 in 1989-90 to $66,100 in 1996-97 (an increase of 22 percent).

•AAU salary data includes all sources of funds.

Compensation at AAU Institutions:

•As in the case of the average salary, average compensation was reported as of December 1 of those years.

•In 1989-90, before the first round of the Wilder budget cuts, U.Va. ranked 20th (65th percentile) in compensation. Since then our ranking has varied, never rising above 20th, dropping as low as 32nd in 1992-93, and stands at 31st (50th percentile) for 1996-97. During that seven-year period, our average compensation increased from $66,800 in 1989-90 to $80,600 in 1996-97 (an increase of 21 percent).

State Salary at SCHEV Peer Institutions:

•In the spring of 1997, SCHEV approved a new sample of peer institutions for the University. The U.Va. state salary average represents the salary average as of December 1, 1996. The state salary average excludes all endowment funds.

•In 1989-90, before the first round of the Wilder budget cuts, U.Va. ranked 10th in our state peer group of 25. Since then, our ranking has varied, rising as high as 9th in 1990-91 and dropping as low as 15th in 1991-92 and in 1995-96. In the newly constituted group, the University's 1996-97 salary ranks 16th, at the 27th percentile.

SCHEV APPROVED 1998-2000 INSTITUTIONAL PEER GROUP

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

	Rank	Institution	1996-97 Salary
	1	Pennsylvania, U of	84,200
	2	Northwestern U	79,500
	3	Duke U	77,400
	4	California-Berkeley, U of	76,800
	5	Connecticut, U of	70,900
	6	Washington U	70,200
	7	Emory U	70,100
	8	Southern California, U of	69,900
	9	Vanderbilt U	68,100
	10	Michigan-Ann Arbor, U of	67,900
	11	North Carolina-Chapel Hill, U of	67,600
	12	Illinois-Urbana, U of	65,100
	13	Iowa, U of	64,000
	14	Texas-Austin, U of	63,800
	15	SUNY Buffalo	62,700
	16	Virginia, U of	62,554
	17	Ohio State U	62,500
	18	Wisconsin-Madison, U of	62,400
	19	Boston U	61,800
	20	Tulane U	61,800
	21	Maryland-College Park, U of	60,900
	22	Arizona, U of	59,400
	23	Pittsburgh, U of	58,900
	24	Colorado-Boulder, U of	58,700
	25	Kentucky, U of	57,000

		Mean Salary (excluding U.Va.)	66,733
		Standard Deviation (excluding U.Va.)	6,972
		U.Va. Percentile	27%
		60th Percentile Salary	68,511


Notes: U.Va. salary average represents state funds only; all endowment funds are excluded.
All medical faculty have been excluded from the above salary averages.
The Boston University average is an estimate obtained by applying the sample group's average increase (3.86 percent) to Boston's average from 1995-96.

SALARY FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY AT AAU INSTITUTIONS -- 1993-1996

RANK	1993-94		1994-95		1995-96		1996-97		RANK
1	Cal Tech	86,600	Cal Tech	90,400	Cal Tech	92,500	Cal Tech	96,700	1
2	Stanford	82,400	Stanford	85,600	Stanford	88,500	Stanford	91,400	2
3	Harvard	79,300	Harvard	83,100	Harvard	85,400	Harvard	89,600	3
4	MIT	75,700	U Pennsylvania	78,500	U Pennsylvania	80,800	U Pennsylvania	84,200	4
5	Princeton	74,900	MIT	78,100	MIT	80,400	MIT	83,000	5
6	U Pennsylvania	74,400	U Chicago	77,100	U Chicago	80,000	Princeton	83,000	6
7	U Chicago	74,200	Princeton	75,900	Princeton	78,200	U Chicago	80,900	7
8	Northwestern	71,200	Northwestern	74,300	Northwestern	77,100	Northwestern	79,500	8
9	Yale U	70,800	Rutgers U	73,900	Yale U	76,000	Columbia U	78,900	9
10	Duke	69,900	Yale U	73,000	Duke	75,200	Yale U	78,900	10
11	Columbia U	68,700	Duke	72,400	Rice U	74,600	Duke	77,400	11
12	NYU	68,300	Columbia U	71,400	NYU	74,000	NYU	77,200	12
13	CMU	67,800	NYU	71,200	Columbia U	73,800	UC Berkeley	76,800	13
14	Rutgers U	66,500	CMU	70,100	CMU	73,500	CMU	76,000	14
15	Rice U	66,300	Rice U	68,800	Rutgers U	71,900	UCLA	73,800	15
16	UC Berkeley	65,000	UC Berkeley	67,200	UC Berkeley	71,900	UCSD	72,700	16
17	USC	64,100	USC	66,100	UCLA	68,100	Rice U	72,600	17
18	Cornell-Endow	62,700	Washington U	65,100	Washington U	67,500	Rutgers U	70,500	18
19	Brown U	62,500	Cornell-Endow	64,300	Emory U	67,300	Washington U	70,200	19
20	Vanderbilt	61,200	Brown U	64,100	UCSD	67,300	Emory U	70,100	20
21	U Rochester	61,100	UCLA	63,400	USC	67,100	USC	69,900	21
22	UVA	61,000	U Michigan	63,300	Brown U	66,600	UC Irvine	68,700	22
23	UCLA	60,900	Vanderbilt	62,600	Cornell-Endow	65,700	Brown U	68,600	23
24	U Michigan	60,500	U Rochester	62,500	U Michigan	65,700	Cornell-Endow	68,500	24
25	SUNY Buffalo	60,100	UVA	62,300	U Rochester	64,600	Vanderbilt	68,100	25
26	Washington U	60,100	UCSD	62,100	Vanderbilt	64,500	U Michigan	67,900	26
27	UCSD	59,500	Case Western	61,400	Case Western	63,700	UC Santa Barb	67,600	27
28	Johns Hopkins	59,300	SUNY Buffalo	61,400	UVA	63,700	UNC	67,600	28
29	Case Western	58,500	U Wisconsin	60,800	UC Santa Barb	63,700	UC Davis	66,800	29
30	U Iowa	57,900	Johns Hopkins	60,700	U Illinois	62,600	U Rochester	66,600	30
31	U Texas	57,700	UNC	60,100	Johns Hopkins	62,500	Case Western	66,200	31
32	U Wisconsin	57,300	U Illinois	59,700	U Minnesota	61,700	UVA	66,100	32
33	U Illinois	57,000	U Minnesota	59,400	SUNY Buffalo	61,500	U Illinois	65,100	33
34	UNC	56,500	U Iowa	59,200	UNC	61,500	Johns Hopkins	65,000	34
35	Tulane U	56,400	U Texas	58,700	U Iowa	61,400	U Iowa	64,000	35
36	Purdue U	56,200	Tulane U	58,200	U Wisconsin	61,300	U Texas	63,800	36
37	U Minnesota	55,700	Purdue U	57,500	Tulane U	60,800	U Minnesota	63,300	37
38	Mich State	55,500	Mich State	57,300	U Texas	60,300	SUNY Buffalo	62,700	38
39	Ohio State	55,500	Ohio State	57,300	Ohio State	59,800	Ohio State	62,500	39
40	U Washington	55,500	Brandeis U	57,100	U Maryland	59,400	U Wisconsin	62,400	40
41	Brandeis U	55,000	U Pittsburgh	56,800	Purdue U	59,300	Tulane U	61,800	41
42	U Pittsburgh	54,700	U Colorado	56,400	Iowa State	59,200	Purdue U	61,100	42
43	Indiana U	54,000	U Maryland	56,400	Mich State	58,800	U Maryland	60,900	43
44	U Maryland	53,900	U Arizona	56,300	U Arizona	58,600	Mich State	60,700	44
45	U Arizona	53,700	U Washington	55,500	U Washington	58,000	Iowa State	60,200	45
46	Iowa State	53,400	Iowa State	55,000	U Colorado	57,900	U Arizona	59,400	46
47	U Colorado	52,800	Indiana U	54,900	Indiana U	57,600	Brandeis U	59,000	47
48	Syracuse U	52,600	Clark U	54,300	Brandeis U	57,400	U Pittsburgh	58,900	48
49	U Nebraska	52,300	Syracuse U	54,200	U Pittsburgh	56,800	Indiana U	58,800	49
50	Clark U	52,200	Penn State	53,600	U Nebraska	55,700	U Colorado	58,700	50
51	Penn State	52,200	U Nebraska	53,300	Syracuse U	55,300	U Missouri	58,400	51
52	U Florida	50,100	U Florida	52,700	U Missouri	55,300	U Washington	57,800	52
53	U Kansas	48,500	U Missouri	51,700	Penn State	55,200	Penn State	57,300	53
54	U Missouri	48,500	U Kansas	51,100	Clark U	54,900	U Florida	57,200	54
55	Catholic U	48,200	Catholic U	49,500	U Florida	54,500	U Nebraska	57,000	55
56	U Oregon	45,900	U Oregon	46,200	U Kansas	52,600	Clark U	56,800	56
					Catholic U	51,200	Syracuse U	56,600	57
					U Oregon	46,800	U Kansas	53,800	58
							Catholic U	53,300	59
							U Oregon	47,200	60

Notes: All medical faculty are excluded from the above salary averages. Toronto and McGill are excluded. The salary for U Rochester is an estimate for 1996-97. Emory U and UC Santa Barbara were added in 1995-96; UC Davis and UC Irvine were added in 1996-97.

COMPENSATION FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY AT AAU INSTITUTIONS -- 1993-1996

RANK	1993-94		1994-95		1995-96		1996-97		RANK
1	Cal Tech	107,500	Cal Tech	112,600	Cal Tech	115,000	Cal Tech	120,100	1
2	Stanford	100,000	Harvard	103,400	Stanford	106,500	Stanford	109,600	2
3	Harvard	98,900	Stanford	103,300	Harvard	105,000	Harvard	109,500	3
4	MIT	95,100	U Pennsylvania	100,200	U Pennsylvania	102,800	U Pennsylvania	107,000	4
5	U Pennsylvania	94,500	MIT	96,800	MIT	100,900	MIT	103,900	5
6	U Chicago	91,600	U Chicago	95,500	U Chicago	98,400	NYU	102,200	6
7	Columbia U	91,500	Columbia U	95,200	Columbia U	98,200	Princeton	100,300	7
8	NYU	90,500	NYU	94,200	NYU	98,000	U Chicago	99,700	8
9	Princeton	90,100	Princeton	92,400	Princeton	95,100	UC Berkeley	98,000	9
10	Northwestern	86,800	Rutgers U	91,900	Northwestern	93,400	Northwestern	96,300	10
11	Yale U	86,300	Northwestern	90,500	Duke	93,100	Columbia U	96,200	11
12	Duke	86,200	Duke	89,300	Yale U	92,300	Yale U	95,400	12
13	Rutgers U	83,800	Yale U	89,100	UC Berkeley	91,600	Duke	95,400	13
14	Cornell-Endow	83,400	USC	86,500	Rice U	91,000	UCLA	94,400	14
15	USC	82,500	UC Berkeley	86,300	Rutgers U	89,400	USC	92,400	15
16	CMU	82,000	Rice U	85,900	USC	89,200	Emory U	90,000	16
17	Rice U	81,600	CMU	83,600	CMU	88,100	CMU	89,700	17
18	UC Berkeley	79,900	UCLA	81,500	UCLA	86,900	Rice U	89,500	18
19	Brown U	79,700	Brown U	81,300	UCSD	85,800	Rutgers U	88,100	19
20	SUNY Buffalo	76,700	Cornell-Endow	80,900	Emory U	84,800	UC Irvine	88,000	20
21	U Michigan	76,000	UCSD	79,900	Brown U	83,600	Cornell-Endow	86,700	21
22	UVA	75,700	Washington U	79,200	Cornell-Endow	82,600	UC Santa Barb	86,500	22
23	Vanderbilt	75,600	U Michigan	78,400	U Michigan	82,100	Brown U	86,200	23
24	UCLA	74,800	SUNY Buffalo	77,400	Washington U	81,800	UC Davis	85,800	24
25	Case Western	74,400	UVA	77,300	UC Santa Barb	81,300	Washington U	84,800	25
26	Johns Hopkins	73,400	Vanderbilt	77,100	Vanderbilt	79,700	U Michigan	84,500	26
27	U Rochester	73,300	U Wisconsin	76,700	U Minnesota	78,700	Vanderbilt	84,400	27
28	Mich State	73,200	Case Western	76,300	Case Western	78,500	Case Western	81,600	28
29	UCSD	73,200	U Minnesota	76,000	UVA	78,400	UCSD	81,000	29
30	Washington U	73,000	Johns Hopkins	75,500	SUNY Buffalo	78,000	U Minnesota	80,900	30
31	U Iowa	72,300	Mich State	75,100	Johns Hopkins	77,700	UVA	80,600	31
32	Purdue U	72,200	U Rochester	75,000	U Rochester	77,400	UNC	80,500	32
33	U Wisconsin	72,100	Purdue U	73,900	U Wisconsin	77,400	Johns Hopkins	80,100	32
34	U Minnesota	71,900	U Iowa	73,800	Mich State	76,800	U Iowa	79,600	34
35	U Texas	71,300	U Texas	72,300	U Iowa	76,500	U Rochester	79,500	35
36	Syracuse U	70,100	Syracuse U	72,200	Purdue U	75,800	SUNY Buffalo	79,400	36
37	Tulane U	69,900	UNC	71,900	Tulane U	73,800	Mich State	79,300	37
38	U Pittsburgh	68,800	U Pittsburgh	71,400	Ohio State	73,600	Purdue U	77,900	38
39	U Washington	68,700	Brandeis U	71,100	Syracuse U	73,600	U Wisconsin	77,800	38
40	Brandeis U	68,600	Tulane U	70,800	UNC	73,500	U Texas	76,900	40
41	Indiana U	68,500	U Maryland	70,200	Iowa State	73,300	Ohio State	76,500	41
42	UNC	67,800	Ohio State	69,800	U Maryland	73,200	U Maryland	75,100	42
43	Ohio State	67,600	U Colorado	69,700	Indiana U	72,900	Syracuse U	75,100	43
44	U Maryland	66,900	Indiana U	69,600	U Texas	72,900	U Illinois	75,000	43
45	Iowa State	66,600	U Illinois	69,100	U Illinois	72,100	Tulane U	75,000	45
46	U Illinois	65,900	Clark U	68,500	Brandeis U	71,500	Iowa State	74,500	46
47	Penn State	65,200	Iowa State	68,500	U Washington	71,300	U Florida	74,100	47
48	Clark U	65,100	U Washington	68,400	U Colorado	71,200	Indiana U	74,000	48
49	U Colorado	64,900	U Arizona	67,400	U Pittsburgh	70,900	Brandeis U	74,000	49
50	U Arizona	64,500	Penn State	66,800	U Arizona	70,200	U Pittsburgh	73,200	50
51	U Nebraska	63,500	U Nebraska	64,500	Clark U	69,300	Clark U	71,800	51
52	U Florida	60,900	U Florida	64,200	Penn State	68,900	U Colorado	71,700	52
53	U Kansas	60,300	U Kansas	63,200	U Nebraska	67,200	U Washington	71,300	53
54	U Oregon	59,400	U Missouri	61,800	U Florida	66,400	U Arizona	71,200	54
55	U Missouri	59,200	U Oregon	59,900	U Missouri	65,700	Penn State	70,200	55
56	Catholic U	57,000	Catholic U	58,500	U Kansas	64,900	U Missouri	69,500	56
					Catholic U	60,800	U Nebraska	68,600	57
					U Oregon	60,400	U Kansas	66,600	58
							Catholic U	63,900	59
							U Oregon	59,700	60

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