Average Faculty Salaries in Land Grant Universities, 1995-96 (By all ranks average salary, dollars in thousands) All Rank State Institution Prof Assoc Asst Instr Ranks 1 NJ Rutgers University, New Brunswick 90.8 65.6 49.8 30.8 71.9 2 CA University of California, Berkeley 86.5 57.1 48.9 -- 71.9 3 CT University of Connecticut 82.4 61.2 47.7 42.8 67.4 4 IL University of Illinois, Urbana 75.2 53.4 46.6 -- 62.6 5 CA University of California, Davis 75.7 52.7 45.6 -- 62.1 6 MN University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 73.0 51.5 45.4 41.6 61.7 7 WI University of Wisconsin, Madison 70.4 52.5 46.4 35.0 61.3 8 DE University of Delaware 79.7 57.3 45.3 32.9 61.2 9 MA University of Massachusetts, Amherst 70.5 53.2 43.3 44.6 60.3 10 OH Ohio State University 76.4 53.4 44.9 32.3 59.8 11 IN Purdue University 75.7 51.2 44.5 31.1 59.3 12 IA Iowa State University 72.4 53.6 43.4 30.4 59.2 13 MI Michigan State University 68.8 52.3 43.7 30.7 58.8 14 AZ University of Arizona 70.9 49.5 43.9 -- 58.6 15 NY Cornell University Statutory College 69.6 54.4 45.4 30.2 58.5 16 HI University of Hawaii, Manoa 70.6 55.3 46.8 35.5 57.4 17 RI University of Rhode Island 65.3 49.0 42.8 -- 57.0 18 IL University of Illinois, Chicago 72.6 53.1 44.8 37.0 56.9 19 NE University of Nebraska, Lincoln 70.3 49.8 42.2 28.2 55.7 20 NV University of Nevada, Reno 70.8 52.1 41.7 -- 55.6 21 VA Virginia Poly Institute & State University 69.1 49.2 43.8 27.0 55.6 22 CO Colorado State University 64.2 48.2 42.8 -- 55.5 23 MO University of Missouri, Columbia 68.4 52.0 44.7 33.1 55.3 24 KY University of Kentucky 67.6 50.1 43.2 46.0 55.3 25 PA Pennsylvania State University, Main 77.6 53.5 43.6 29.5 55.2 26 NC North Carolina State University 71.1 51.2 45.3 34.4 54.9 27 TN University of Tennessee, Knoxville 65.1 49.6 42.5 28.5 54.6 28 TX Texas A & M University 68.7 49.0 42.6 -- 54.6 29 FL University of Florida 66.0 47.4 42.3 36.4 54.5 30 GA University of Georgia 68.5 49.2 42.1 26.9 54.4 31 NH University of New Hampshire 64.3 49.0 41.0 -- 53.3 32 AK University of Alaska, Fairbanks 68.7 53.4 43.5 37.1 52.7 33 SC Clemson University 64.9 47.6 40.1 22.4 51.3 34 WA Washington State University 63.0 47.1 41.5 30.5 50.1 35 OK Oklahoma State University 59.5 45.2 40.1 30.0 50.0 36 OR Oregon State University 62.8 47.4 40.9 28.9 48.9 37 VT University of Vermont 63.1 47.6 38.3 -- 48.6 38 AL Auburn University 61.1 45.7 38.9 25.9 48.2 39 ID University of Idaho 56.1 44.8 40.4 31.4 48.2 40 AR University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 60.4 46.8 40.5 25.8 48.1 41 MS Mississippi State University 59.0 46.6 41.2 27.5 48.0 42 WV West Virginia University 58.1 46.5 38.1 34.7 48.0 43 KS Kansas State University 59.3 45.6 40.0 29.3 47.7 44 WY University of Wyoming 58.1 44.8 40.9 -- 47.3 45 LA Louisiana State University, A&M College 59.2 43.9 37.8 26.7 46.5 46 NM New Mexico State University, Main 56.3 46.3 38.4 26.2 46.4 47 UT Utah State University 56.1 43.9 37.2 29.5 43.9 Weighted Averages 69.8 50.7 43.1 29.7 56.8 Source: American Association of University Professors, ACADEME, the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 1995-96. .