Purdue University Data Digest 2006-07

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Comparison of Average Faculty Salaries at Peer Universities - West Lafayette Campus
(for Academic Year 2005-06)

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Peer Universities Average Faculty Salaries*
Rank	Full Professor			Associate Professor			Assistant Professor			Overall Faculty Average**

1	University of California - Berkeley	$126.2		Georgia Institute of Technology	$85.5		Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	$76.4		Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	$99.0
2	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	125.6		Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	84.2		Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	74.6		University of California - Berkeley	98.9
3	Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	123.6		University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	83.7		University of California - Berkeley	74.1		University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	98.8
4	University of Illinois - Urbana	116.6		University of California - Berkeley	81.9		University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	72.8		Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	95.9
5	Pennsylvania State - University	116.5		Pennsylvania State - University Park	77.7		University of Texas - Austin	70.7		University of Illinois - Urbana	92.3
6	Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	116.1		University of Illinois - Urbana	77.6		University of Illinois - Urbana	69.6		Pennsylvania State - University Park	91.3
7	University of Texas - Austin	115.7		University of Wisconsin - Madison	76.5		Pennsylvania State - University	66.3		University of Texas - Austin	90.8
8	University of California - Davis	107.0		Texas A&M University - College Station	73.0		Texas A&M University - College Station	65.8		Texas A&M University - College Station	84.5
9	Purdue University	104.3		Purdue University	72.9		Purdue University	65.3		Purdue University	84.4
10	Texas A&M University - College Station	104.1		University of Texas - Austin	72.9		University of Wisconsin - Madison	64.3		University of California - Davis	84.2
11	University of Arizona - Tucson	102.3		University of Arizona - Tucson	71.4		University of Arizona - Tucson	63.5		University of Wisconsin - Madison	83.5
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison	100.5		University of California - Davis	70.2		University of California - Davis	63.1		University of Arizona - Tucson	82.6

	Purdue ranked 9th in 2004-05			Purdue ranked 8th in 2004-05			Purdue ranked 9th in 2004-05			Purdue ranked 9th in 2004-05

Peer Universities Average Faculty Compensation*
Rank	Full Professor			Associate Professor			Assistant Professor			Overall Faculty Average**

1	University of California - Berkeley	$163.4		Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	$111.9		Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	$102.8		University of California - Berkeley	$129.5
2	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	152.3		University of California - Berkeley	108.4		University of California - Berkeley	98.6		Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	125.2
3	Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	149.8		Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	105.7		University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	92.5		University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	122.1
4	Cornell University (Public) - Ithaca	148.5		University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	105.3		Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	91.7		Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta	120.9
5	Pennsylvania State - University	141.5		University of Wisconsin - Madison	102.0		University of Illinois - Urbana	88.6		University of Illinois - Urbana	113.8
6	University of Illinois - Urbana	141.0		University of Illinois - Urbana	97.4		Purdue University	86.5		Pennsylvania State University	112.1
7	University of California - Davis	139.6		Purdue University	97.2		University of Wisconsin - Madison	85.8		University of California - Davis	111.2
8	University of Texas - Austin	137.2		Pennsylvania State - University	96.9		University of Texas - Austin	85.5		Purdue University	110.8
9	Purdue University	135.4		University of California - Davis	93.8		University of California - Davis	85.0		University of Wisconsin - Madison	109.2
10	University of Wisconsin - Madison	129.0		University of Arizona - Tucson	90.8		Pennsylvania State - University	81.9		University of Texas - Austin	108.9
11	University of Arizona - Tucson	126.5		University of Texas - Austin	89.0		University of Arizona - Tucson	80.8		University of Arizona - Tucson	103.5
12	Texas A&M University - College Station	123.1		Texas A&M University - College Station	87.3		Texas A&M University - College Station	78.2		Texas A&M University - College Station	100.3

	Purdue ranked 8th in 2004-05			Purdue ranked 7th in 2004-05			Purdue ranked 7th in 2004-05			Purdue ranked 7th in 2004-05

In thousands of dollars. *Overall faculty average salary is weighted based on the number of faculty in each rank for Purdue; peer overall average is mapped to Purdue ranks by weighting the percentage of faculty in each rank at Purdue. Data Source: March-April 2006 Academe. Note: Salaries are expressed on an academic year basis; academic department heads are included.

Source: Office of Institutional Research