Purdue University Data Digest 2007-08

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Comparison of Average Faculty Salaries at Peer Universities - West Lafayette Campus
(for Academic Year 2006-07)

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Peer Universities Average Faculty Salaries¹
Rank	Full Professor			Associate Professor			Assistant Professor			Overall Faculty Average²

1	University of California-Berkeley	$131.3		Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	$89.3		Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	$80.7		Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	$102.7
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	130.4		Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	88.5		Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	77.3		University of California-Berkeley	102.4
3	Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	129.5		University of California-Berkeley	86.8		University of California-Berkeley	76.2		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	101.6
4	Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	121.7		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	86.6		University of Texas-Austin	75.1		Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	100.2
5	University of Texas-Austin	121.2		Pennsylvania State University	81.4		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	75.0		University of Texas-Austin	95.4
6	University of Illinois-Urbana	120.9		University of Illinois-Urbana	79.5		University of Illinois-Urbana	71.7		University of Illinois-Urbana	94.6
7	Pennsylvania State University	120.2		University of Texas-Austin	78.3		Pennsylvania State University	68.2		Pennsylvania State-University Park	93.8
8	University of California-Davis	114.0		University of Wisconsin-Madison	78.1		University of California-Davis	67.9		University of California-Davis	89.7
9	Purdue University	107.6		University of California-Davis	76.5		Texas A&M University-College Station	67.3		Texas A&M University-College Station	86.7
10	Texas A&M University-College Station	107.4		Texas A&M University-College Station	76.0		University of Arizona-Tucson	66.9		Purdue University	86.2
11	University of Arizona-Tucson	107.1		University of Arizona-Tucson	74.9		Purdue University	66.8		University of Arizona-Tucson	86.1
12	University of Wisconsin-Madison	103.5		Purdue University	74.8		University of Wisconsin-Madison	66.0		University of Wisconsin-Madison	85.3

	Purdue ranked 9th in 2005-06			Purdue ranked 9th in 2005-06			Purdue ranked 9th in 2005-06			Purdue ranked 9th in 2005-06

Peer Universities Average Faculty Compensation¹
Rank	Full Professor			Associate Professor			Assistant Professor			Overall Faculty Average²

1	University of California-Berkeley	$170.4		Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	$117.2		Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	$108.1		University of California-Berkeley	$134.4
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	157.6		University of California-Berkeley	115.0		University of California-Berkeley	101.7		Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	130.6
3	Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	156.2		Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	110.5		Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	95.4		Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta	125.3
4	Cornell University/Public-Ithaca	155.4		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	108.4		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	94.9		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	125.1
5	University of California-Davis	148.8		University of Wisconsin-Madison	102.5		University of California-Davis	91.3		University of California-Davis	118.6
6	Pennsylvania State University	146.7		University of California-Davis	102.1		University of Illinois-Urbana	90.7		University of Illinois-Urbana	116.4
7	University of Illinois-Urbana	145.7		Pennsylvania State University	101.6		University of Texas-Austin	90.7		Pennsylvania State University	115.5
8	University of Texas-Austin	143.5		University of Illinois-Urbana	99.5		Purdue University	88.5		University of Texas-Austin	114.2
9	Purdue University	139.5		Purdue University	99.3		University of Wisconsin-Madison	88.1		Purdue University	113.0
10	University of Arizona-Tucson	133.7		University of Arizona-Tucson	96.5		University of Arizona-Tucson	86.1		University of Wisconsin-Madison	110.7
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	132.0		University of Texas-Austin	95.2		Pennsylvania State University	84.4		University of Arizona-Tucson	109.1
12	Texas A&M University-College Station	126.9		Texas A&M University-College Station	90.7		Texas A&M University-College Station	80.2		Texas A&M University-College Station	102.9

	Purdue ranked 9th in 2005-06			Purdue ranked 7th in 2005-06			Purdue ranked 6th in 2005-06			Purdue ranked 8th in 2005-06

¹In thousands of dollars. ²Overall 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 2007 Academe. NOTE: Salaries are expressed on an academic year basis; academic department heads are included.

Source: Office of Institutional Research