Updated 22 October 2026

Higher Education Salary Report 2026: United States

Salary report and benchmark

Full professors in the United States earn around $163,836 (AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey, 2025–26).

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How academic pay works in the United States

Higher education salary report 2026

Academic Jobs, the higher education salary benchmark, based on 186,146 university job posts since January 1, 2026, drawn from millions of historical job posts.

Academic pay in the United States varies widely by institution type, rank and state.

Faculty typically progress from assistant professor to associate professor to full professor, usually on a tenure track, and most contracts cover nine months, with summer teaching or research funded separately.

Public universities often publish salaries, while private institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, and MIT tend to pay at the top of the market.

In 2026, full professors in the US earn around $163,836, compared with $84,292 for lecturers and instructors (AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey, 2025–26).

The AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey and IPEDS are the main national benchmarks.

Academic Jobs tracks 186,146 US higher education roles since January 1, 2026, to show where demand and pay are moving.

Job-post medians since January 1, 2026.
El rol	Current salaries	What this is
Lecturer/Instructor	$81,916	17,969 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $81,042.
Adjunct Faculty	$104,000	16,868 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Assistant Professor	$108,500	9,680 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $105,150.
Tenure-track	$102,497	4,751 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $100,991.
Associate Professor	$176,400	4,342 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $173,202.
Clinical Professor/Prof of Practice	$196,291	3,838 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $188,310.
Professor	$192,422	3,628 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $185,000.
Post-Doc	$71,679	3,572 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $70,308.
Scientist/Associate	$83,500	2,309 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Research Fellow	$73,800	1,983 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $73,025.
Clinical Educator	$114,400	1,906 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $105,000.
Research	$75,000	1,629 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $75,489.
Director/Manager	$130,000	1,489 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $127,500.
Visiting Professor	$75,000	871 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Post Doc Research Fellow	$71,680	811 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.

50 more roles

El rol	Current salaries	What this is
Adjunct Professor	$160,025	804 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $164,500.
Research Assistant	$59,280	759 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $59,328.
Program Director	$107,500	751 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Program Coordinator	$67,638	724 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Tenure	$175,000	545 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Librarian	$74,946	542 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $75,900.
Research Technician	$56,800	521 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $59,328.
Research Coordinator	$66,250	468 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $68,650.
Faculty Researcher	$95,000	387 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $94,257.
Sessional Lecturer	$78,000	381 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $81,042.
Teaching Assistant	$46,942	375 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $49,500.
Academic Advisor	$97,100	335 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Assistant Director	$89,000	212 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $87,504.
Lab Manager	$64,477	210 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $63,440.
Academic Coordinator	$72,800	205 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $70,000.
Academic Coach	$68,191	203 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $67,248.
Tutor	$49,920	203 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $52,000.
Senior Lecturer	$110,547	198 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $110,000.
Clinical Chair	$260,000	197 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $253,050.
Endowed	$182,500	190 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Research Manager	$86,063	190 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $84,096.
Research Professor	$129,624	180 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $132,925.
Curriculum Developer	$72,800	162 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Visiting Fellow	$70,000	135 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $68,000.
Learning Specialist	$69,754	118 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $69,829.
Instructional Designer	$73,500	105 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Visiting Scholar	$75,000	104 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Senior Research Assistant	$87,127	89 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $81,810.
Faculty Development Specialist	$94,485	56 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
PhD Researcher	$56,500	49 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $48,846.
Educational Technologist	$69,500	48 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Senior Professor	$181,000	37 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $188,711.
Sessional Academic	$72,800	33 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Instructor	$90,010	32 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $75,000.
Research Associate	$71,740	7 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Research Scientist/Associate	$97,100	5 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Non-Tenured Track	$93,108	4 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Clinical Professor	$287,500	3 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Exam Supervisor	$41,600	3 posts since January 1, 2026. Last year $62,400.
Emeritus Professor	$30,250	2 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Fellowship	$313,500	2 posts since January 1, 2026.
Academic Dean/Dept. Head	$500,000	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Faculty	$136,482	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Instructor/Lecturer	$58,000	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Lecturer	$4,282,720	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Non tenure-track	$54,000	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Research, Scientist/Associate	$67,500	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Senior Instructor	$97,082	1 posts since January 1, 2026. No change from last year.
Tenure-track Research	$88,000	1 posts since January 1, 2026.
Visiting Lecturer	$56,250	1 posts since January 1, 2026.

Sources

Academic pay

Assistant professor
$97,232
US average, academic year
Associate professor
$113,427
US average, academic year
Full professor
$163,836
US average, academic year
lector
$84,292
US average, academic year

What changes pay

Rank
A professor scale sits above a lecturer or assistant professor scale.
Institución
Research universities and teaching-focused colleges do not use the same bands.
Contract
Nine-month, twelve-month, and casual contracts are not the same annual pay.
Ubicación
Capital-city loadings and regional scales change the same title.

University salaries in the United States

CommonSpirit Health pays the highest professor salary in the United States, at $564,700.

Every university with a published professor or lecturer median. Figures match each university salary page.
Universidad	El Profesor	lector	Live jobs	Employer portal
Harvard University	$185,000	$71,600	696	Employer portal
Stanford University	$315,000	$131,750	664	Employer portal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$218,100	$81,033	160	Employer portal
Yale University	$100,000	—	499	Employer portal
Princeton University	$224,000	$84,350	297	Employer portal
University of Chicago	$262,400	$36,000	728	Employer portal
University of Pennsylvania	—	$85,280	665	Employer portal
Cornell University	$185,600	$79,000	325	Employer portal
Columbia University	$255,000	$132,000	612	Employer portal
Johns Hopkins University	$237,500	$10,152	1,236	Employer portal
Northwestern University	$260,000	$275,000	37	Employer portal
University of California, Berkeley	$167,800	$130,144	239	Employer portal
University of California, Los Angeles	$293,750	$77,096	204	Employer portal
University of Wisconsin - Madison	$150,000	$71,500	382	Employer portal
New York University	$180,000	$164,320	530	Employer portal
Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District	—	$163,280	70	Employer portal
A.T. Still University	$155,870	—	64	Employer portal
University of Texas at Austin	—	$57,000	241	Employer portal
University of Washington	$301,788	$94,998	98	Employer portal
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	—	$75,000	339	Employer portal
North Orange County Community College District	—	$1,650	29	Employer portal
University of Florida	$226,250	$65,000	243	Employer portal
University of Utah	—	$41,600	698	Employer portal
The University of Arizona	—	$27,760	398	Employer portal
University of Colorado at Boulder	$131,250	$62,500	163	Employer portal
University of Southern California	$258,750	$92,360	4	Employer portal
University of California, San Diego	$233,800	$81,793	107	Employer portal
University of California, Davis	$333,019	$82,797	45	Employer portal
University of California Irvine	$256,500	$81,500	678	Employer portal
Carnegie Mellon University	—	$7,000	202	Employer portal
Boston University	$210,000	$49,550	280	Employer portal
The Ohio State University	—	$31,000	725	Employer portal
University of Minnesota Twin Cities	$145,000	$14,271	4	Employer portal
Purdue University	—	$2,800	70	Employer portal
Michigan State University	—	$45,000	91	Employer portal
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	$157,500	$70,250	75	Employer portal
Arizona State University	—	$62,000	91	Employer portal
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	$357,500	—	220	Employer portal
Grand Rapids Community College	—	$62,483	17	Employer portal
Rancho Santiago Community College District	—	$169,520	22	Employer portal
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	$110,000	$41,742	331	Employer portal
Riverside Community College District	—	$138,320	10	Employer portal
City Colleges of Chicago	$61,500	$1,664,000	105	Employer portal
Hunter College	$113,692	$94,864	6	Employer portal
University of California, Riverside	$230,350	$73,750	79	Employer portal
Northeastern University	$147,000	$2,085	407	Employer portal
CUNY	$158,923	$189,280	26	Employer portal
Los Angeles Community College District	—	$180,960	34	Employer portal
Bowie State University	—	$75,000	52	Employer portal
University of North Florida	—	$51,000	61	Employer portal
California State University, Monterey Bay	—	$7,037	57	Employer portal
California State University, San Bernardino	$129,296	$124,308	74	Employer portal
Community College of Baltimore County	—	$2,256,800	63	Employer portal
County College of Morris	—	$76,875	12	Employer portal
Dallas College	$60,000	$60,000	82	Employer portal
Kern Community College District	—	$139,360	251	Employer portal
New Mexico Highlands University	—	$3,150	19	Employer portal
Northland Pioneer College	—	$58,356	14	Employer portal
Oklahoma City Community College	$63,871	$62,400	1	Employer portal
Portland Community College	—	$96,235	25	Employer portal
Salt Lake Community College	—	$114,400	33	Employer portal
St. John's University	—	$104,000	34	Employer portal
Syracuse University	$127,500	$128,960	156	Employer portal
Virginia Tech	$145,000	$51,500	210	Employer portal
The New School	—	$296,400	32	Employer portal
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources	$108,800	—	72	Employer portal
University of Cincinnati	$78,500	$46,260	340	Employer portal
University of Texas at San Antonio	$79,427	$4,000	137	Employer portal
Frederick Community College	—	$68,000	33	Employer portal
Volunteer State Community College	—	$1,534,000	40	Employer portal
Auburn University	$140,000	$73,170	201	Employer portal
Valencia College	—	$57,099	7	Employer portal
California State University, Fullerton	—	$73,104	139	Employer portal
Liberty University	$117,750	$71,050	185	Employer portal
Smith College	—	$60,000	31	Employer portal
Georgia State University	—	$3,825	155	Employer portal
SUNY Stony Brook University	—	$80,000	231	Employer portal
American University	—	$72,000	155	Employer portal
Tufts University	$210,250	$9,669	194	Employer portal
California State University, Bakersfield	—	$124,308	40	Employer portal
Curry College	—	$3,735	11	Employer portal
Walla Walla Community College	—	$141,440	36	Employer portal
Front Range Community College	$63,102	$63,102	4	Employer portal
Prince George's Community College	$64,850	$64,850	43	Employer portal
College of Southern Nevada	—	$73,606	144	Employer portal
Chapman University	—	$99,840	91	Employer portal
University of Wyoming	—	$73,006	172	Employer portal
University of Massachusetts - Boston	$157,500	$63,750	27	Employer portal
Santa Monica College	—	$309,920	14	Employer portal
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	$275,000	$121,261	7	Employer portal
South Orange County Community College District	—	$108,090	70	Employer portal
University of Colorado Denver	—	$6,985	8	Employer portal
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	—	$80,000	61	Employer portal
Santa Barbara City College	—	$204,880	98	Employer portal
Eastern Washington University	$103,487	$59,884	27	Employer portal
College of the Holy Cross	—	$80,686	41	Employer portal
University of Texas at Tyler	—	$31,200	52	Employer portal
Schenectady County Community College	—	$51,727	0	Employer portal
Virginia Commonwealth University	$161,250	$6,695	225	Employer portal
North Central College	$80,000	$5,750	46	Employer portal
Mt. San Antonio College	$109,438	—	24	Employer portal
Angelo State University	$87,500	$58,750	27	Employer portal
Samuel Merritt University	$94,500	$108,000	18	Employer portal
Sul Ross State University	—	$2,700	55	Employer portal
San Mateo County Community College District	—	$249,600	55	Employer portal
Ferris State University	—	$2,745,080	79	Employer portal
Texas Tech University	—	$57,850	196	Employer portal
San Diego Community College District	—	$106,188	4	Employer portal
College of the Canyons	—	$185,120	15	Employer portal
University of South Florida	$80,000	$105,109	119	Employer portal
University of the Pacific	—	$98,800	125	Employer portal
Boston College	$205,000	$8,866	105	Employer portal
University at Buffalo	$145,000	$62,500	202	Employer portal
Palomar College	—	$202,800	18	Employer portal
Brandeis University	—	$6,573	51	Employer portal
Western Wyoming Community College	—	$68,100	0	Employer portal
Texas Southern University	$155,021	$59,353	54	Employer portal
Lone Star College	$114,400	$113,360	230	Employer portal
University of Maryland, Baltimore	$295,733	$126,750	202	Employer portal
University of South Carolina	—	$56,000	130	Employer portal
MiraCosta College	—	$202,800	14	Employer portal
St. Cloud Technical & Community College	—	$38,800	0	Employer portal
Westfield State University	—	$3,001	10	Employer portal
Suffolk University	—	$80,104	33	Employer portal
University of California San Francisco	$260,950	$231,250	258	Employer portal
San Diego State University	—	$124,308	147	Employer portal
Emerson College	$100,284	$80,121	24	Employer portal
Bentley University	—	$8,279	50	Employer portal
Bridgewater State University	—	$4,005	21	Employer portal
Columbus State Community College	—	$59,838	57	Employer portal
Washtenaw Community College	—	$137,280	0	Employer portal
Ithaca College	—	$2,059	28	Employer portal
Loyola University Maryland	—	$4,250	24	Employer portal
University of Idaho	—	$52,000	75	Employer portal
Washington State University	$160,000	$54,680	20	Employer portal
Bunker Hill Community College	—	$2,905,760	22	Employer portal
University of California Merced	—	$70,977	86	Employer portal
Cal Poly Pomona	—	$73,104	107	Employer portal
Northern Essex Community College	—	$93,600	35	Employer portal
Foothill-De Anza Community College District	—	$99,947	0	Employer portal
San Jose State University	$139,200	$95,124	203	Employer portal
Ohio University	—	$39,520	47	Employer portal
Wharton County Junior College	—	$73,268	34	Employer portal
SUNY Brockport	—	$5,500	55	Employer portal
Ohlone College	—	$205,920	26	Employer portal
Tarrant County College District	—	$64,118	4	Employer portal
Seattle University	$77,000	—	42	Employer portal
University of San Diego	$74,202	$2,620	22	Employer portal
Baylor University	—	$5,500	118	Employer portal
State University of NY at Oneonta	—	$50,063	16	Employer portal
Anne Arundel Community College	—	$76,037	16	Employer portal
SUNY Westchester Community College	—	$172,640	51	Employer portal
Cerritos College	—	$248,560	19	Employer portal
Carleton College	—	$50,830	15	Employer portal
St. Clair County Community College	—	$1,257,360	0	Employer portal
Hamilton College	—	$827,400	38	Employer portal
North Shore Community College	$60,504	$76,960	36	Employer portal
Minnesota State University, Mankato	—	$68,191	26	Employer portal
Arkansas State University, Beebe	—	$55,233	21	Employer portal
Aurora University	—	$67,500	74	Employer portal
Austin Community College	$83,933	$83,534	65	Employer portal
Ball State University	—	$5,250	99	Employer portal
Bank Street College of Education	—	$88,400	21	Employer portal
Bard College	$89,537	$85,505	32	Employer portal
Barnard College - Columbia University	—	$91,000	0	Employer portal
California Baptist University	$97,500	$73,500	11	Employer portal
California Lutheran University	—	$71,090	62	Employer portal
California State University, Channel Islands	—	$124,308	2	Employer portal
California State University, East Bay	—	$10,359	13	Employer portal
California State University, Fresno	—	$73,104	29	Employer portal
California State University, Long Beach	—	$87,504	92	Employer portal
California State University, San Marcos	—	$81,042	175	Employer portal
Case Western Reserve University	$175,000	—	33	Employer portal
Baruch College - CUNY	—	$99,453	25	Employer portal
Brooklyn College, CUNY	—	$72,159	1	Employer portal
City University of New York, York College	—	$81,548	0	Employer portal
Claremont McKenna College	$167,500	—	6	Employer portal
Colorado Mountain College	—	$83,200	41	Employer portal
Colorado State University	—	$150,000	58	Employer portal
Columbia College of Missouri	—	$74,001	10	Employer portal
Coppin State University	—	$75,000	10	Employer portal
DePaul University	$5,050	$57,050	172	Employer portal
Dominican University	—	$62,750	4	Employer portal
D'Youville University	$90,000	—	4	Employer portal
Excelsior University	—	$5,000	14	Employer portal
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham-Madison Campus	—	$66,250	4	Employer portal
Georgia College & State University	—	$58,760	73	Employer portal
Grand Valley State University	—	$50,000	35	Employer portal
Gustavus Adolphus College	—	$67,500	8	Employer portal
Johnson County Community College	—	$62,400	62	Employer portal
Kirkwood Community College	—	$2,712,320	67	Employer portal
Lake Forest College	—	$6,120	13	Employer portal
Loma Linda University	$388,250	—	1	Employer portal
Loyola University Chicago	$102,250	$79,000	18	Employer portal
Maine Maritime Academy	—	$3,500	8	Employer portal
Marist University	—	$75,000	44	Employer portal
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences	$115,000	$68,000	19	Employer portal
Merrimack College	$99,000	$5,000	34	Employer portal
Metropolitan State University of Denver	—	$60,000	126	Employer portal
Monmouth University	—	$71,500	50	Employer portal
Moraine Valley Community College	—	$1,162	57	Employer portal
Morgan State University	$171,000	$81,500	35	Employer portal
Naval Postgraduate School	—	$161,085	34	Employer portal
Norfolk State University	—	$70,000	50	Employer portal
Ohio Wesleyan University	—	$5,000	9	Employer portal
Point Loma Nazarene University	$108,121	$37,960	44	Employer portal
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	—	$87,500	9	Employer portal
Rosalind Franklin University	—	$119,600	10	Employer portal
Sarah Lawrence College	—	$26,000	12	Employer portal
Seton Hall University	—	$3,750	84	Employer portal
Skidmore College	—	$9,358	27	Employer portal
South Dakota State University	$117,000	$78,000	22	Employer portal
Southern Illinois University	—	$54,000	32	Employer portal
Southern Oregon University	—	$700	11	Employer portal
State University of New York College at Cortland	—	$52,838	32	Employer portal
State University of New York College at Fredonia	—	$51,532	0	Employer portal
St. Cloud State University	—	$1,819	0	Employer portal
Stonehill College	—	$5,127	9	Employer portal
The Maryland Institute, College of Art	$101,286	—	27	Employer portal
Towson University	—	$59,500	87	Employer portal
University of California, Santa Barbara	—	$74,509	10	Employer portal
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs	$125,000	$1,302,386	1	Employer portal
University of Illinois Chicago	$162,500	—	33	Employer portal
University of Kansas	—	$6,500	112	Employer portal
University of Minnesota - Duluth	—	$54,629	3	Employer portal
University of Missouri - Kansas City	—	$66,560	115	Employer portal
University of Nebraska - Omaha	—	$58,500	51	Employer portal
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	—	$55,500	125	Employer portal
University of North Dakota	$147,500	—	27	Employer portal
University of Oklahoma	—	$52,000	337	Employer portal
University of the People	—	$675	5	Employer portal
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	—	$50,125	51	Employer portal
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater	—	$50,000	27	Employer portal
Utah Valley University	—	$71,760	29	Employer portal
Vassar College	—	$91,000	30	Employer portal
Villanova University	—	$3,525,600	1	Employer portal
Washington and Lee University	$148,750	—	42	Employer portal
Wentworth Institute of Technology	—	$75,800	22	Employer portal
Western Governors University	—	$97,760	149	Employer portal
Wheaton College Massachusetts	—	$10,000	29	Employer portal
Yeshiva University	$160,000	$50,000	43	Employer portal
Lake Michigan College	—	$45,500	15	Employer portal
Idaho State University	—	$60,000	29	Employer portal
University of Missouri - Columbia	$58,000	—	348	Employer portal
UCD	$230,850	$81,359	0	Employer portal
Amherst College	$107,500	$83,000	53	Employer portal
South Central College	—	$57,480	1	Employer portal
Nicolet College	—	$77,100	13	Employer portal
San Francisco Bay University	$110,000	$308,880	27	Employer portal
Lincoln Land Community College	—	$68,640	15	Employer portal
SUNY Orange County Community College	—	$63,981	17	Employer portal
Chaffey College	—	$168,480	60	Employer portal
Anoka-Ramsey Community College	—	$72,948	0	Employer portal
State Center Community College District	—	$89,012	24	Employer portal
Cochise College	—	$63,106	0	Employer portal
Milwaukee Area Technical College	—	$83,200	48	Employer portal
Western Technical College	—	$70,973	1	Employer portal
Utah Tech University	—	$1,924,000	26	Employer portal
Clark College	$97,160	—	17	Employer portal
Olympic College	—	$1,000	4	Employer portal
Husson University	—	$2,270,320	63	Employer portal
Trident Technical College	—	$80,000	34	Employer portal
Ventura County Community College District	—	$2,758	139	Employer portal
SUNY Broome Community College	—	$57,509	65	Employer portal
North Idaho College	—	$44,720	31	Employer portal
College of the Sequoias	$102,641	$139,360	16	Employer portal
Pensacola State College	—	$313,900	34	Employer portal
Community College of Allegheny County	—	$55,036	75	Employer portal
West Valley-Mission Community College District	—	$47,023	32	Employer portal
NC State University	—	$30,480	173	Employer portal
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College	—	$66,560	47	Employer portal
Chabot Las Positas Community College District	—	$99,383	25	Employer portal
Mott Community College	—	$2,337,920	27	Employer portal
Napa Valley College	—	$176,800	5	Employer portal
Antelope Valley College	—	$91,158	56	Employer portal
The Chicago School	$80,000	—	17	Employer portal
Santa Fe College	—	$37,440	25	Employer portal
Community College of Aurora	—	$2,389,920	0	Employer portal
Lawson State Community College	—	$1,760	4	Employer portal
Pennsylvania College of Technology	—	$71,806	14	Employer portal
Shasta College	—	$148,720	19	Employer portal
Rocky Vista University	$162,591	—	13	Employer portal
Victor Valley College	—	$128,960	11	Employer portal
Montgomery College	$81,365	$81,365	83	Employer portal
Northland Community & Technical College	—	$68,805	0	Employer portal
Joliet Junior College	$86,117	$2,476,240	20	Employer portal
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College	—	$93,600	42	Employer portal
Mohawk Valley Community College	—	$55,364	5	Employer portal
Allan Hancock College	—	$126,880	2	Employer portal
Massasoit Community College	—	$83,200	27	Employer portal
Aims Community College	—	$72,800	28	Employer portal
McHenry County College	—	$2,482,480	4	Employer portal
Hennepin Technical College	—	$68,805	0	Employer portal
Merced College	—	$159,120	4	Employer portal
Hudson Valley Community College	—	$53,000	39	Employer portal
Great Basin College	—	$71,250	15	Employer portal
Monroe Community College	—	$70,578	43	Employer portal
University of Maryland Global Campus	—	$2,202,720	95	Employer portal
Red Rocks Community College	—	$2,571,920	15	Employer portal
Pikes Peak State College	—	$60,000	5	Employer portal
University of St. Augustine	$103,887	—	6	Employer portal
Rasmussen University	—	$101,920	0	Employer portal
City University of Seattle	$90,000	$83,200	11	Employer portal
Hawkeye Community College	—	$60,386	0	Employer portal
Chippewa Valley Technical College	—	$72,800	5	Employer portal
Georgia Highlands College	—	$46,250	27	Employer portal
Eastern Maine Community College	—	$55,913	9	Employer portal
Peralta Community College District	—	$121,205	44	Employer portal
Dalton State College	—	$49,750	15	Employer portal
Arapahoe Community College	—	$113,360	3	Employer portal
Cape Cod Community College	$93,898	$93,898	38	Employer portal
SUNY Canton	—	$57,500	8	Employer portal
Las Positas College	—	$2,199	2	Employer portal
El Camino College	—	$241,280	23	Employer portal
Mount Wachusett Community College	—	$190,320	27	Employer portal
College of Marin	—	$107,754	66	Employer portal
York County Community College	—	$2,196,480	2	Employer portal
St. Charles Community College	—	$66,415	35	Employer portal
Rio Hondo College	—	$107,120	9	Employer portal
Victoria College	—	$65,436	22	Employer portal
Ridgewater College	—	$69,727	5	Employer portal
Vernon College	—	$50,651	10	Employer portal
Bay College	—	$8,856	4	Employer portal
Gavilan College	—	$83,606	38	Employer portal
Riverland Community College	—	$58,917	18	Employer portal
University of Minnesota Rochester	—	$60,000	0	Employer portal
Century College	$61,598	$61,598	0	Employer portal
Saint Paul College	—	$447,229	0	Employer portal
Diablo Valley College	—	$215,280	0	Employer portal
Alvin Community College	—	$62,173	28	Employer portal
Minneapolis Community and Technical College	—	$57,480	0	Employer portal
Minnesota State College Southeast	—	$57,480	7	Employer portal
Normandale Community College	—	$1,650	1	Employer portal
Middlesex Community College	—	$1,543	26	Employer portal
Solano Community College	—	$85,895	1	Employer portal
Bronx Community College - CUNY	—	$93,040	1	Employer portal
Sierra College	—	$189,280	1	Employer portal
Chabot College	—	$2,387	10	Employer portal
Laurel Ridge Community College	—	$85,783	1	Employer portal
Reading Area Community College	—	$76,960	4	Employer portal
Columbia State Community College	—	$1,164,800	13	Employer portal
Laramie County Community College	—	$76,006	0	Employer portal
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, System Office - St. Paul	—	$69,727	79	Employer portal
Dakota County Technical College	—	$70,525	4	Employer portal
CUNY Kingsborough Community College	—	$197,600	5	Employer portal
Hudson County Community College	—	$60,494	2	Employer portal
Nevada State University	—	$2,080,000	38	Employer portal
Fox Valley Technical College	—	$93,600	62	Employer portal
Yosemite Community College District	—	$211,120	24	Employer portal
Minnesota State Community and Technical College	—	$72,792	1	Employer portal
Middlesex College	—	$70,113	12	Employer portal
Cabrillo College	—	$2,027	0	Employer portal
Imperial Valley College	$118,847	—	3	Employer portal
Metropolitan Community College	—	$15,263	36	Employer portal
Manhattanville University	—	$3,525	21	Employer portal
Framingham State University	—	$80,000	22	Employer portal
Tarrant County College	—	$60,320	185	Employer portal
Los Medanos College	—	$215,280	0	Employer portal
University of Hawai'i, Kapi‘olani Community College	—	$4,270,240	0	Employer portal
Mid Michigan College	—	$67,600	16	Employer portal
Oakton College	—	$72,800	74	Employer portal
Phillips Exeter Academy	—	$89,523	25	Employer portal
Southwestern Illinois College	—	$50,461	0	Employer portal
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith	—	$55,000	8	Employer portal
University of Washington Bothell (UWB)	—	$89,496	11	Employer portal
Kapiʻolani Community College	—	$4,114,240	2	Employer portal
Deerfield Academy	—	$90,000	2	Employer portal
Purdue University Global	—	$140,400	6	Employer portal
North Hennepin Community College	—	$875,070	4	Employer portal
University of Colorado System	$262,500	$122,000	444	Employer portal
Franklin Cummings Tech	—	$1,728	15	Employer portal
Alexandria Technical Community College	—	$57,480	0	Employer portal
Rochester Community and Technical College	$68,805	—	0	Employer portal
Northwest Technical College	—	$71,580	0	Employer portal
Arizona Western College	$56,745	$62,400	28	Employer portal
San Juan College	—	$1,109,120	1	Employer portal
Phillips Academy	—	$88,000	0	Employer portal
Barnard College	—	$89,000	4	Employer portal
Monterey Peninsula College	—	$160,160	14	Employer portal
Southern University System	$121,500	—	3	Employer portal
Contra Costa College	—	$238,160	0	Employer portal
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria	$300,000	—	1	Employer portal
Bay de Noc Community College	—	$759	2	Employer portal
Modesto Junior College	—	$146,640	0	Employer portal
University of Minnesota	$187,500	$8,195	746	Employer portal
The University of Kansas	—	$6,500	85	Employer portal
CommonSpirit Health	$564,700	—	0	Employer portal
Albany Med Health System	$245,000	—	0	Employer portal
UMass Memorial Health	$403,250	—	0	Employer portal

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