How much does a College professor make first few years? Phd. Ed.?

Answer 1

It depends upon the following factors:

geographical location (urban/rural, east/midwest/west/south, etc.)

type of institution (doctoral granting, master's granting, baccalaureate, 2 year college)

field of specialization

whether one is hired as an instructor/lecturer (non-tenure-track) or as an assistant professor (tenure-track)

I am an assistant professor, and I have friends and colleagues at the same level (tenure-track) earning anywhere between 32,000 and 60,000 per year. The folks on the low end of the scale are teaching in the humanities at liberal arts colleges in the rural south, and the folks on the high end are teaching in the sciences at urban PhD granting universities in New England and the Midwest.

I don't know the salaries of folks who teach in business, but their salaries are always considerably higher.

See the Chronicle of Higher Education for the best statistics, but here's the summary report from the National Center for Education Statistics:

During the 2003–04 academic year, full-time instructional faculty on 9/10- month contracts earned an average salary of about $63,000 (table 10). Salaries varied by rank, with faculty holding higher ranks earning higher average salaries. Among full-time instructional faculty on 9/10- month contracts, professors earned an average salary of $85,000 and associate professors earned an average salary of $62,000, while assistant professors averaged $52,000, instructors averaged $49,000, and lecturers earned an average salary of $44,000.

In general, men earned higher average salaries than women. Male faculty with 9/10-month contracts earned an average salary of $68,000, and female faculty with contracts of the same length earned an average salary of $55,000. Similarly, male professors with 9/10-month contracts earned an average salary of $88,000, and female professors with 9/10- month contracts earned an average salary of $77,000.

Answer 2

It depends on the field. For example, I know someone who got a PhD in economics in 2001 with a field in finance. He was offered a job at a couple of very good economics departments for about $70K. He was also offered a job in a finance department at a top ten school. The offer was $140K for nine months. He also got 2/9 summer stipend for three years and a $20K discretionary fund that he could use for things like computer equipment for home & office, books and travel to attend conferences.

As you can imagine, he took the B-School offer.

Answer 3

Inquire at public universities in your home state. Frequently the human resources (also called personnel department, etc.) will provide that type of information. Likewise, department chairs of education departments can frequently tell you the scale for their department. Oklahoma would probably be in the 35-45K range depending on qualifications, university, etc. Salary information for professors at state universities is frequently available upon request as a part of information available under the open meetings act or similar state acts.

Answer 4

This depends on the college and whether or not the prof is working full or part time. Where I am it is highly unusual for college professors to start out full-time. Salary is usually not that great for all the time they have spent in school - depends so much on college and situation but around $50k I would say.

Here check this site out....the range seems to be $45 to 50K.

http://www.payscale.com/salary-survey/vid-16704/fid-6886