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The overall median base salary for individuals in higher education increased by 2.1 percent last year among the 92 percent of the institutions who participated in both the 2014-15 and the recently released 2015-16 Administrators in Higher Education Salary Survey. The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), which conducted the survey for the 49th year, received responses from 1,180 U.S. colleges and universities.
The data is the result of compilation of the salaries of 53,981 administrators in 190 senior-level administrative positions.
While the 2.1 percent increase outpaced 0.1 percent inflation last year as represented by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, the overall median base salary (MBS) showed a decrease from the 2.4 marks registered in the 2014 and ’15 reports.
Among the survey’s other findings:
Among other criteria, the results were based on salaries in effect as of November 1, 2015.
