Kennesaw State University Fact Book 1998 Page 97
AVERAGE 1996-97 FACULTY SALARIES AT COMPARABLE AASCU* INSTITUTIONS IN THE SOUTH


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AVERAGE 9-MONTH SALARIES
GENERAL FIELDS ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Accounting 51,200 58,400 68,300
Business (All Others) 48,900 56,200 63,100
Computer & Information Science 46,000 52,900 60,625
Physics 37,600 44,800 54,600
Nursing 37,300 45,200 53,800
Mathematics 36,900 43,400 54,300
Health & Physical Education 36,600 43,800 52,100
Chemistry 35,900 42,200 55,023
Education 35,800 42,200 52,800
Biology 35,800 40,800 52,300
Communications 35,100 41,800 51,900
Psychology 35,100 41,000 52,900
Visual Arts 34,500 40,800 50,314
Music 34,400 40,200 49,600
Foreign Languages 34,000 40,400 50,800
History 33,600 40,800 52,100
Philosophy & Religion 33,500 40,400 53,200
English 33,200 39,700 51,000
Theater 32,900 39,900 51,500
Social Sciences 32,200 38,500 51,700
*American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Comparable institutions included in the study were selected as public institutions offering less than the doctoral degree and with student enrollments form 6,000 to 14,000. A list of the institutions used in the study is provided under Sources, p. 123.


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HIGHLIGHTS
  • Substantial salary differentials exist among different discipline groups in comparable AASCU institutions as they do at Kennesaw State and throughout the nation.
  • Average salaries in the arts and humanities are typically lowest, while those in business fields and computer science are among the highest. Nationally, salaries in medicine, law and engineering programs are even higher.




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