Ohio University Professors Rank Second in
Salaries at State
Universities
A
faculty salary study of the state's public
universities by the American Association
of University Professors found that
full-time, tenure-track professors and
associate professors on Ohio University's
Athens campus ranked second in average pay
for the 1998-1999 academic year, trailing
only their Ohio State University
counterparts.
The
average salary for full professors on the
Athens campus was $75,700, and associate
professors averaged $56,300. Full
professors at Ohio State averaged $84,900
and associates received $58,100.
Faculty
salaries at Ohio University have increased
substantially during the past two decades.
In 1983-1984, tenure-track faculty on the
Athens campus ranked 10th in the state in
average salary ($29,233).
Since
1978, the university has given raises to
faculty that total 149.8 percent, a
greater increase than any other public
university in Ohio, said Mike Williford,
director of Institutional Research. The
state average percentage increase for
faculty at public institutions during the
20-year period was 135 percent.
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