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Department & college salaries
Median compensation of instructors who taught in each unit, by fiscal year. Attribution is by teaching activity, so this reflects teaching-faculty pay, not a unit’s full payroll.
Median salary by department
| Unit | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | FY2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science✕ | $178,367 | $175,533 | $171,675 | $163,311 | $158,967 | $157,628 | $159,117 | $166,048 | $158,136 | $147,594 | $147,272 |
| Electrical & Computer Engr✕ | $187,475 | $185,909 | $181,356 | $171,049 | $163,208 | $166,753 | $160,397 | $145,403 | $148,849 | $144,483 | $144,418 |
| Mechanical Engineering✕ | $183,487 | $174,855 | $171,728 | $157,246 | $152,373 | $147,389 | $137,497 | $136,600 | $134,960 | $131,662 | $129,280 |
| Physics✕ | $151,142 | $145,659 | $147,387 | $136,075 | $131,169 | $123,083 | $117,879 | $119,237 | $115,399 | $111,248 | $107,367 |
| Medical Physics✕ | $211,125 | $171,894 | $199,076 | $160,870 | $173,747 | $169,038 | $161,293 | $145,574 | $134,011 | $133,930 | $137,828 |
| Public Policy✕ | $151,007 | $138,571 | $127,744 | $121,078 | $110,993 | $110,305 | $127,293 | $120,686 | $124,447 | $127,445 | $110,656 |
| Accounting✕ | $288,405 | $230,093 | $268,850 | $254,231 | $268,115 | $260,915 | $245,393 | $240,639 | $225,570 | $218,167 | $211,556 |
| Serve, Learn, Sustain✕ | $121,713 | $291,368 | $188,289 | — | $286,419 | $220,744 | $235,621 | $220,535 | — | — | — |
| Sociology✕ | $116,957 | $102,678 | $108,655 | $140,485 | $148,212 | $147,909 | $136,416 | $105,632 | $105,958 | $20,053 | $83,224 |
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringPhysicsMedical PhysicsPublic PolicyAccountingServe, Learn, SustainSociology