Average base salaries of full-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution and by field of instruction: 1987-88 and 1992-93

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Table 238

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                       |    All     |  Total  |  Total  | Public |Private | Public |Private | Public |Private |Private | Public | Other
       Field of        |institutions| Public  | Private |research|research|doctoral|doctoral|compre- |compre- |liberal | 2-year |
      instruction      |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |hensive |hensive |  arts  |        |
_______________________|____________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
           1           |     2      |    3    |    4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
_______________________|____________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                       |
                       |                                    1987-88 salaries in 1992-93 dollars
                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                       |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Instructional         |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 faculty, in thousands.|        515 |     356 |     159 |    102 |     42 |     56 |     25 |     97 |     37 |     38 |     96 |     22
                       |____________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
All fields.............|    $48,381 | $48,826 | $47,386 |$58,118 |$63,669 |$54,028 |$57,215 |$45,342 |$39,564 |$35,462 |$39,847 |$37,698
                       |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Agriculture and home   |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  economics ...........|     48,452 |  48,713 |   ---   | 54,431 |  ---   | 43,501 |  ---   | 46,934 |  ---   |  ---   |  ---   |  ---
Business ..............|     45,243 |  45,785 |  44,078 | 58,218 |  ---   | 49,161 |  ---   | 43,413 | 45,319 |  ---   | 40,707 | 35,292
Education .............|     40,498 |  42,517 |  33,529 | 45,861 |  ---   | 43,315 |  ---   | 41,766 | 33,499 | 29,400 | 41,133 |  ---
Engineering ...........|     52,213 |  51,412 |  55,095 | 61,363 |  ---   | 53,133 |  ---   | 50,316 | 51,481 |  ---   | 36,794 |  ---
Fine arts .............|     37,840 |  39,547 |  34,368 | 40,297 |  ---   | 38,155 |  ---   | 39,367 | 33,170 | 34,484 | 40,216 |  ---
Health ................|     64,860 |  64,447 |  65,689 | 73,454 | 77,144 | 71,065 | 67,278 | 57,124 | 47,683 |  ---   | 37,017 |  ---
Humanities ............|     42,420 |  44,092 |  39,867 | 46,326 | 48,988 | 39,327 | 46,313 | 44,601 | 37,089 | 38,127 | 43,461 | 34,783
Natural sciences ......|     47,811 |  48,399 |  46,495 | 57,947 | 61,731 | 49,917 | 46,912 | 46,684 | 38,763 | 37,760 | 39,692 | 37,499
Social sciences .......|     46,234 |  46,506 |  45,730 | 52,842 | 61,043 | 47,938 |  ---   | 44,933 | 38,613 | 35,728 | 41,052 |  ---
Other .................|     44,712 |  44,239 |  45,834 | 52,646 |  ---   | 45,427 |  ---   | 41,853 | 35,733 |  ---   | 37,762 | 44,331
                       |____________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                       |
                       |                                            1992-93
                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Instructional         |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 faculty, in thousands.|        478 |     339 |     140 |     89 |     25 |     46 |     23 |     91 |     37 |     37 |    105 |     25
                       |____________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                       |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
All fields.............|    $46,833 | $46,767 | $46,993 |$56,443 |$63,967 |$51,497 |$56,011 |$43,487 |$43,255 |$37,623 |$39,351 |$40,458
                       |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Agriculture and home   |            |         |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  economics ...........|     47,809 |  48,488 |   ---   | 54,735 |  ---   | 44,480 |  ---   | 43,377 |  ---   |  ---   | 39,788 |  ---
Business ..............|     49,223 |  49,955 |  47,318 | 65,209 |  ---   | 58,808 | 54,369 | 47,739 | 53,786 | 32,322 | 42,017 | 33,587
Education .............|     42,046 |  43,259 |  37,618 | 49,822 |  ---   | 42,202 | 49,254 | 41,456 | 37,961 | 32,419 | 41,224 |  ---
Engineering ...........|     55,569 |  55,923 |  54,190 | 66,781 | 61,084 | 53,577 | 55,040 | 48,703 | 45,855 |  ---   | 38,648 | 56,036
Fine arts .............|     40,574 |  39,285 |  42,526 | 41,337 | 86,221 | 39,379 | 37,874 | 39,144 | 35,812 | 37,764 | 37,524 | 34,100
Health ................|     55,624 |  54,097 |  59,720 | 73,467 | 73,080 | 63,839 | 66,120 | 38,311 | 45,678 | 42,363 | 35,790 | 41,900
Humanities ............|     40,972 |  41,601 |  39,634 | 44,018 | 44,695 | 39,661 | 42,928 | 40,735 | 41,043 | 37,667 | 41,183 | 36,547
Natural sciences ......|     48,192 |  47,500 |  49,933 | 55,432 | 67,170 | 51,691 | 56,665 | 45,922 | 46,666 | 37,534 | 39,651 | 42,143
Social sciences .......|     45,960 |  46,103 |  45,667 | 53,139 | 59,296 | 48,709 | 49,505 | 43,686 | 39,838 | 40,492 | 40,312 | 44,389
Other ...............  |     44,594 |  43,431 |  47,030 | 51,007 | 65,685 | 43,777 | 61,854 | 45,357 | 41,722 | 36,436 | 37,668 | 39,199
_______________________|____________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

---Too few sample cases (fewer than 30) for a reliable estimate.

NOTE.--Data for 1992-93 differ from other tables because of adjustments to maintain consistency with the 1987-88 data. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1987-88 and 1992-93. (This table was prepared September 1996.)

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