| Salaries of college professors are not uniform nor | | | | and, thus, professor salaries are higher to reflect |
| are they predictable. There are many factors that | | | | this. The final factor that can affect salary level is |
| can affect a college professor's salary. As our | | | | the field that you are in. Some fields such as |
| Mother's kept telling us when we were growing | | | | Science, English, History, and the Social Sciences |
| up, the more education you have, the more | | | | have stable enrollments while other fields such as |
| money you can make. This is certainly true in | | | | Criminal Justice, Business, Nursing, and Education |
| academia. | | | | are in demand. Thus, a premium may be paid to |
| Most schools pay a premium to individuals who | | | | those who are able to teach in these fields. |
| hold a doctorate or other terminal degrees. In | | | | These factors are taken into consideration by |
| fact, many of the better schools do not even | | | | surveys done by the American Association of |
| consider individuals who are not doctorates. Thus, | | | | University Professors (AAUP) and can be found |
| a doctoral degree makes it easier to obtain | | | | at. These surveys included the average salaries |
| academic jobs as well as paying more. Having a | | | | for full-time professors, the average faculty |
| doctoral degree allows an individual to teach | | | | salary by institution, and the average faculty |
| graduate as well as undergraduate classes while a | | | | salary in selected fields. These surveys were |
| master's degree will allow an individual to teach on | | | | published in The Chronicle of Higher Education at: |
| the undergraduate level. Graduate courses are | | | | Salaries for part-time professors appear to |
| remunerated at a higher rate than that for | | | | fluctuate more than that for full-time professors. |
| undergraduate ones. Another factor affecting | | | | Unfortunately, the AAUP did not take into |
| salaries of college professors is experience and | | | | consideration the salaries of part-time professors. |
| longevity at an institution. As in any business, the | | | | Currently, there are no reliable data regarding |
| longer you remain employed in a particular | | | | adjunct salaries. However, the same factors that |
| institution, the higher the salary becomes. Some | | | | govern the salaries of college professors is also |
| regions of the country have a higher cost-of-living | | | | applicable to that of adjuncts. |