Academic Analysis
Georgia Tech

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
UnitFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
Applied Systems Engineering$180,652$177,007$171,887$145,735$120,566$147,675$116,107$178,924$183,985$168,795$172,372
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Intl Executive MBA$274,635$280,114$318,473$281,313$283,311$293,269$281,669$292,857$287,315$271,691$253,437
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
College of Architecture$90,622$213,750$70,158$159,431$112,966$102,620$130,381$105,465$81,831
Public Policy/Joint GSU PhD$173,741$183,827$127,762$120,976$110,993$120,490$118,483$145,387$170,962$192,020$183,635
Philosophy$132,000$124,050$121,306$123,145$108,663$109,012$114,581$101,413$105,425$98,239$97,500
$50.3K$107.9K$165.5K$223.1K$280.7K$338.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectApplied Systems EngineeringServe, Learn, SustainIntl Executive MBAMedical PhysicsCollege of ArchitecturePublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDPhilosophy

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