BALL STATE FACULTY SALARIES:

LAST IN THE MAC AND THE GAP IS GROWING

Mid American Conference Average Salaries* By Rank 2005-06

Institution                               Prof.(Rank)   Assoc. Prof. (Rank)   Asst Prof.(Rank)      

SUNY Buffalo                       111,600(1)       76,900(1)                     63,700(1)        

Miami University                    92,900(2)         69,300(2)                     53,800(6)

Kent State                               90,400(3)         65,700(6)                     53,200(9)

Western Michigan                   89,800(4)         68,100(3)                     53,700(7)

University of Toledo               89,300(5)         65,200(7)                     57,500(2)        

Ohio University                      88,900(6)         66,500(4)                     54,600(4)

Bowling Green                        86,900(7)         65,900(5)                     53,900(5)        

Central Michigan                    84,100(8)         64,900(8)                     52,300(10)

Northern Illinois                      83,400 (9)        63,500 (10)                  53,500(8)

Akron                                      81,800(10)       59,800(11)                   51,300(11)      

Eastern Michigan                    79,900(11)       64,300(9)                     55,900(3)

Ball State                                73,600(12)       58,800(12)                   46,500(12)

Mean                                       87,717             65,742                         54,158

Difference                               14,117             6,942                           7,658

% BSU Difference                  -16.1%             -10.55%                       -14.1%

from Mean

THE GAP IS GROWING

Difference from

Mean of MAC Salaries

In 2003-04                              -11.82%           -7.78%                         -10.26%

*Rounded to the nearest hundred

Source: Academe: Bulletin of AAUP (March/April 2006)