Salaries in Academia

[Anonymous]

For comparison and reaearch, I'm curious as to what salaries in academia are in and around DC. I'm particularly interested in hearing the range of salaries for adjunct faculty (per course) at the college or graduate level at both private and public, 4 and 2 year, institutions. Also open to hearing about administrative salaries for full or part time higher education employees (dean, chair, advisor, registrar, etc...).

[Anonymous]

Adjunct graduate school- $3600 per course.

[Anonymous]

Adjunct undergrad - 3500 per course

[Anonymous]

At my big, top-tier, private U, humanities pay $8,000 for a semester-long course. Friends have reported being offered as little as $2,000 for a semester-long course at a small private college.

Chronicle of Higher Ed always has a wealth of info, and last I checked they had a very active discussion board for job seekers (you don't have to subscribe to CHE to use that board).

[Anonymous]

A few minutes on google and you'd have your answer. The DCist wrote an article on this last year. At the bottom of the article is a link to more information.
http://dcist.com/2012/04/what_professors_at_washington-area.php

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few minutes on google and you'd have your answer. The DCist wrote an article on this last year. At the bottom of the article is a link to more information.
http://dcist.com/2012/04/what_professors_at_washington-area.php

NP. And definitely click through to see the full list of schools. There is a big difference between what you make a top-tier school and a lower-tier school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few minutes on google and you'd have your answer. The DCist wrote an article on this last year. At the bottom of the article is a link to more information.
http://dcist.com/2012/04/what_professors_at_washington-area.php

This is a wonderful resource. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my big, top-tier, private U, humanities pay $8,000 for a semester-long course. Friends have reported being offered as little as $2,000 for a semester-long course at a small private college.

Chronicle of Higher Ed always has a wealth of info, and last I checked they had a very active discussion board for job seekers (you don't have to subscribe to CHE to use that board).

Are you kidding? What school is this? Unless you're famous no adjunct makes that much. I think I was making about $3400 a course before I got tired of being taken advantage of.

[Anonymous]

$4500 per course for a higher-tuition graduate program at a local public university. They offered me $2000 for a course for undergrads at this school and I declined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$4500 per course for a higher-tuition graduate program at a local public university. They offered me $2000 for a course for undergrads at this school and I declined.

This is the most I made per course (introductory level) at a local private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my big, top-tier, private U, humanities pay $8,000 for a semester-long course. Friends have reported being offered as little as $2,000 for a semester-long course at a small private college.

Chronicle of Higher Ed always has a wealth of info, and last I checked they had a very active discussion board for job seekers (you don't have to subscribe to CHE to use that board).

Are you kidding? What school is this? Unless you're famous no adjunct makes that much. I think I was making about $3400 a course before I got tired of being taken advantage of.

Hopkins for an undergrad course. As I said, I think that is the standard fee. A couple years ago it was $6000. That said, I think adjuncting only makes sense for grad students who need teaching experience, or established professionals/retirees who are just doing it for fun.

[Anonymous]

$75k for tenure track associate professor at Georgetown teaching graduate level students. Not enough to live anywhere near GU much less NW DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my big, top-tier, private U, humanities pay $8,000 for a semester-long course. Friends have reported being offered as little as $2,000 for a semester-long course at a small private college.

Chronicle of Higher Ed always has a wealth of info, and last I checked they had a very active discussion board for job seekers (you don't have to subscribe to CHE to use that board).

Are you kidding? What school is this? Unless you're famous no adjunct makes that much. I think I was making about $3400 a course before I got tired of being taken advantage of.

Hopkins for an undergrad course. As I said, I think that is the standard fee. A couple years ago it was $6000. That said, I think adjuncting only makes sense for grad students who need teaching experience, or established professionals/retirees who are just doing it for fun.

Grad students, professionals, and retirees covers just about everyone. So I'm not sure I see your point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For comparison and reaearch, I'm curious as to what salaries in academia are in and around DC. I'm particularly interested in hearing the range of salaries for adjunct faculty (per course) at the college or graduate level at both private and public, 4 and 2 year, institutions. Also open to hearing about administrative salaries for full or part time higher education employees (dean, chair, advisor, registrar, etc...).

I hope you're not already in academia if your research skills weren't good enough to turn up the DCist article on your own!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For comparison and reaearch, I'm curious as to what salaries in academia are in and around DC. I'm particularly interested in hearing the range of salaries for adjunct faculty (per course) at the college or graduate level at both private and public, 4 and 2 year, institutions. Also open to hearing about administrative salaries for full or part time higher education employees (dean, chair, advisor, registrar, etc...).

I hope you're not already in academia if your research skills weren't good enough to turn up the DCist article on your own!

I am, and my field has nothing to do with research. That article had a fairly small sampling of schools. Or at least a sampling that wasn't a relevant as it could have been, particularly to my field. But thank you for your less than helpful comment!