Do Universities pay professors less in cheaper schools?

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    This week in class when my classmates and I were revising a couple of sample paragraphs. We revised a paragraph talking about if a university had to pay more for buildings, if tuition would also therefore be more expensive. But my first thought was, would professors also be paid more?

I did a quick google search to find if my assumption was correct. 

This is what I found.

  • Professors paychecks don't only come from tuition.
Acording to, CollegeRaptor.com  in an aritcle called, "How Much Do Professors Make: A Quick Guide," they said, A professor’s salary can be increased by money earned through grants, published articles or books, summer teaching, sabbaticals to work with private or public organizations, overtime, and incentive payments. There also are annual raises which can impact pay especially for tenured professors. (explained below)

  • If you're an adjuct professor, or a part-time faculty member who is hired on a contractual basis. 
  • They get paid by the class, doesn't matter how many students they have. 

Personally I think that sucks, as I'm sure smaller classes are easier to handle than larger classes and it's more difficult to give more personal feedback. And to think that the 75 student-teacher gets paid the same as the teacher with only 8 students? 

  • Professors that has accuired tenure, a system that guarantees their job until they retire. Gets paid on average, $103,422, says salary.com.
    I researched a little more on tenure and the average to be tenured was 7 years?!?! But I mean, if you're guaranteed a job until you retire, why not stay for more than 7 years?
    I'm not sure I'd be able to stay at a job for more than 7 years, much less my whole lifetime. I praise college professors that do continue with this very emotionally demanding job.

It also seemed that their major determines their salary.
  • Law Professors - with the highest average at $129,950
  • Health and Economics are close second and third places. 
In conclusion, it seems that it really depends on the amount of experience and their subject. 

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