A. Full-Time Faculty
Starting salaries are set at the discretion of the President, with market factors, salaries of current faculty, and availability of funds all being factors. The processes for salary increases are explained earlier in this Handbook.
b. Other Faculty Rates of Pay
The following rates of pay have been established for adjunct faculty and overloads:
Doctoral Degree Holders and Terminal Degree Holders
- 1 credit = $812
- 2 credits= $1624
- 3 credits= $2437
- 4 credits= $3249
- 5 credits= $4061
- 6 credits= $4874
- 7 credits= $5686
- 8 credits= $6498
- 9 credits= $7311
Master’s Degree Holders
- 1 credit = $656
- 2 credits= $1312
- 3 credits= $1969
- 4 credits= $2625
- 5 credits= $3281
- 6 credits= $3938
- 7 credits= $4594
- 8 credits= $5250
- 9 credits= $5907
Baccalaureate and Associate Degree Holders and those with No Degree
- 1 credit = $433
- 2 credits= $866
- 3 credits= $1300
- 4 credits= $1733
- 5 credits= $2166
- 6 credits= $2600
- 7 credits= $3033
- 8 credits= $3466
- 9 credits= $3900
- Nursing faculty will be paid at the rate of $35.00 per contact hour.
- Applied music faculty will be paid at the rate of $640.00 per student credit hour.
Exceptions to the stated rates of pay may be authorized by the Provost when extraordinary circumstances justify additional compensation. Factors which will control such determination include: (1) extraordinary credentials or experience; (2) unique qualifications for a critically needed course; and (3) market factors which create extreme difficulties for the University in acquiring needed part-time faculty.
For summer College, the rates of pay have been established as follows:
Doctoral Degree Holders = $847 per semester hour credit
Master’s Degree Holders = $724 per semester hour credit
Baccalaureate Degree Holders = $602 per semester hour credit
Full-time faculty the rates are as follow:
Doctoral Degree Holders = $1102 per semester hour credit
Master’s Degree Holders = $979 per semester hour credit
Baccalaureate Degree Holders = $857 per semester hour credit