Dive Brief:
- The College and University Professional Association of Human Resources, or CUPA-HR, has released its latest data set following salary surveys of higher education institutions.
- Professionals in college and university administrations got an overall raise of 2.2% in 2014, about the same as the salary increase the prior year, Inside Higher Ed reports.
- Increases at public colleges and universities outpaced the pay increases on the private end of the industry, the article says, outlining a new trend that had been reversed in recent years.
Dive Insight:
CUPA-HR surveys all members of the higher education community and reviews that data throughout the year, posting regular reports as they are finished. Administrator pay information was released early in March, followed by the pay of full-time faculty. Data about part-time, hourly workers like adjunct professors, is yet to be released. Overall, it looks like the general median increase was slightly over 2% across the university system. Looking at medians, of course, hides the disparities of the highs and the lows. Research universities generally offer the highest pay. On average, the best-paid professional positions at these institutions were staff physician at $148,722, staff attorney at $119,520, and veterinarian at $107,373.