<p>Interesting. As you would expect, the bottom third are mostly community colleges and branch campuses of state universities.</p>
<p>Of course, you need to consider cost of living. $100K won’t go as far in Boston or Manhattan or Palo Alto vs. much of the rest of the country.</p>
<p>And at major research universities, this doesn’t indicate how much of each professor’s salary is expected to come from outside the university in the form of grant money. Many of those professors are (in essence) paid by a federal government agency such as the NIH or the Department of X, rather than by the university itself. When they lose a research grant, their salary can plummet or (if they don’t have tenure) they can lose their job.</p>
<p>Yes, people should be careful depending upon this type of data in selecting an undergrad college. Those really high paid profs will probably never show up in your classroom. Some of the colleges with modest prof salaries have the profs who spend the most time actually teaching undergrads.</p>
<p>A much more important factor is what percentage of classes are taught by real full-time profs vs. part-time adjuncts or grad students. However, some colleges stress part-time adjuncts who have plenty of real world experience and day jobs, which can be very positive.</p>
<p>This study does not take into account two important criteria:</p>
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<li><p>Cost of living (faculty in urban areas such as Boston, DC, LA, New York and San Francisco have much higher expenses associated with rent and other costs and as such, will be paid more)</p></li>
<li><p>Ratio fo faculty at major professional programs such as MBA, Law and Medical schools vs faculty at traditional departments such as English, History, Political Science etc… At a school such as Harvard, Chicago and Columbia, that ratio is going to be very different from a school such as Princeton, Cal or UT-Austin</p></li>
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<p>That depends on the school. At some private universities near the top of the list, highly paid full professors often do teach undergraduates. That’s one of the things you pay for.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of professors who have been recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching by the AAUP #3-ranked University of Chicago:
[Quantrell</a> Awards | The University of Chicago](<a href=“http://www.uchicago.edu/about/accolades/quantrell.shtml]Quantrell”>http://www.uchicago.edu/about/accolades/quantrell.shtml)</p>
<p>Google the Wiki pages for a few of them (e.g. Mathematician L</p>
<p>tk, I would say that the heavy hitters teach undergrads at most top universities, even at the pulbics. It is rare for a professor not to teach undergrads, particularly in colleges of Arts and Science.</p>
<p>This just confirms the fact that sexism still occurs in modern day society, with women making less than men in nearly all the schools listed. (A surprising 10k-20k difference)</p>
<p>You can see that difference in almost every professional field! It certainly confirms the existence of sexism.</p>