RESOLUTION
College of Charleston faculty salaries will meet or exceed the mean salaries of the
CUPA-HR salary peers institutionally and at each rank and discipline. The College will
make every effort to achieve this goal by September, 2018. The Compensation
Committee, in cooperation with all relevant administrative offices, will assess the
progress being made in its annual report each spring to the Senate.
-- Passed by Faculty Senate, March, 2013 (sponsored by the Faculty Compensation
Committee, co-chaired by Bill Olejniczak, Associate Professor, History, and Devon
Hanahan, Senior Instructor, Hispanic Studies)
College of Charleston
Average Salary of Full Time Instructional Faculty
2011-2012, All Ranks - Ordered by 2011-2012 Salary
Difference and percent
increase/decrease between C of C
2011-12 Salary Salary and Comparative Institution
Salary
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Rowan University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
University of Vermont
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
SUNY at Geneseo
Miami University-Oxford
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
St Mary's College of Maryland
Appalachian State University
University of Northern Iowa
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of Mary Washington
James Madison University
College of Charleston
Western Washington University
Truman State University
Murray State University
2011-2012 Salary Source: IPEDS
$94,514
$94,115
$93,230
$92,084
$83,701
$81,757
$73,731
$73,538
$73,415
$70,473
$70,425
$69,210
$68,454
$67,886
$67,812
$67,244
$67,090
$65,965
$65,587
$62,077
$61,969
$
$28,549
$28,150
$93,230
$26,119
$17,736
$15,792
$7,766
$7,573
$7,450
$4,508
$4,460
$3,245
$2,489
$1,921
$1,847
$1,279
$1,125
%
43.28%
42.67%
41.33%
39.60%
26.89%
23.94%
11.77%
11.48%
11.29%
6.83%
6.76%
4.92%
3.77%
2.91%
2.80%
1.94%
1.71%
-$378
-$3,888
-$3,996
-0.57%
-5.89%
-6.06%
College of Charleston
Average Salary of Full Time Instructional Faculty
2012-2013, All Ranks - Ordered by 2012-2013 Salary
Difference and percent
increase/decrease between C of C
2012-13 Salary Salary and Comparative Institution
Salary
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Rowan University
University of Vermont
The College of New Jersey
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Miami University- Oxford
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Northern Iowa
Appalachian State University
College of Charleston
Western Washington University
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of Mary Washington
SUNY at Geneseo
Truman State University
James Madison University
Murray State University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2012-2013 Salary Source: IPEDS
$96,201
$93,168
$83,484
$83,358
$83,025
$82,332
$74,547
$72,333
$71,703
$71,649
$70,470
$68,832
$68,805
$68,679
$68,013
$66, 942
$64,134
$63,450
$62,775
$62,244
$59,238
$
$27,396
$24,363
$14,679
$14,553
$14,220
$13,527
$5,742
$3,528
$2,871
$2,844
$1,665
$27
%
39.82%
35.41%
21.33%
21.15%
20.67%
19.66%
8.35%
5.13%
4.17%
4.16%
2.42%
0.04%
-$126
-$792
-$1,863
-$4,671
-$5,355
-$6,030
-$6,561
-$9,567
-0.18%
-1.15%
-2.71%
-6.79%
-7.78%
-8.76%
-9.54%
-13.90%
Means, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
Rank
2012-13
CofC
2012-13
Peers
2013-14 2013-14
CofC
Peers
Professor
$86,366
$93,101
$89,703 $94,523
Associate Professor
$68,775
$73,384
$70,970 $76,231
Assistant Professor
$63,134
$63,631
$67,514 $65,698
Instructor & Sr Instructor
$53,147
$49,728
$56,078 $48,772
Cost to bring the College of Charleston to peer mean at each rank
in 2013-14
Rank
Number
Difference
Cost
Professor
142
$4820
$684,440
Associate Professor
166
$5261
$873,326
Assistant Professor
128
($1816)
($232,448)
Instructor and Senior Instructor
44
($7306)
($321,464)
Average of Medians, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
Rank
2012-13
CofC
2012-13
Peers
2013-14 2013-14
CofC
Peers
Professor
$83,998
$90,302
$88,101 $90,538
Associate Professor
$67,852
$70,777
$69,828 $72,733
Assistant Professor
$63,007
$62,285
$66,431 $63,546
Instructor & Sr Instructor
$53,593
$48,515
$56,195 $47,132
Cost to bring the College of Charleston to peer median at each rank
in 2012-13
Rank
Number
Difference
Cost
Professor
137
$6304
$863,648
Associate Professor
159
$2925
$465,075
Assistant Professor
131
($722)
($94,582)
Instructor and Senior Instructor
43
($5078)
($218,354)
Cost to bring the College of Charleston to peer median at each rank
in 2013-14
Rank
Number
Difference
Cost
Professor
142
$2437
$346,054
Associate Professor
166
$2905
$482,230
Assistant Professor
128
($2885)
($369,280)
Instructor and Senior Instructor
44
($9063)
($398,772)