| | Institution | Average | | | |
| | | Faculty Salary | | | |
| Research Universities* | | | | | |
| | Clemson | $56,133 | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Columbia | 58,399 | | | |
| | Medical University of S. C. | 50,225 | | | |
| | Weighted Average | 55,957 | | | |
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| Teaching Colleges & Universities* | | | | | |
| | The Citadel | 47,171 | | | |
| | Coastal Carolina University | 42,004 | | | |
| | College of Charleston | 43,677 | | | |
| | Francis Marion University | 44,760 | | | |
| | Lander University | 43,493 | | | |
| | South Carolina State University | 44,258 | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Aiken | 42,727 | | | |
| | U.S.C.-Spartanburg | 42,125 | | | |
| | Winthrop University | 43,091 | | | |
| | Weighted Average | 43,910 | | | |
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| Regional Campuses of U.S.C.** | | | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Beaufort | 39,983 | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Lancaster | 43,043 | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Salkehatchie | 34,946 | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Sumter | 42,647 | | | |
| | U.S.C. - Union | 40,668 | | | |
| | Weighted Average | 40,492 | | | |
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| Technical Colleges** | | | | | |
| | Aiken Tech | 35,619 | | | |
| | Central Carolina Tech | 32,178 | | | |
| | Chesterfield-Marlboro Tech | 30,687 | | | |
| | Denmark Tech | 28,209 | | | |
| | Florence-Darlington Tech | 33,211 | | | |
| | Greenville Tech | 33,036 | | | |
| | Horry-Georgetown Tech | 34,604 | | | |
| | Midlands Tech | 34,677 | | | |
| | Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech | 29,623 | | | |
| | Piedmont Tech | 31,045 | | | |
| | Spartanburg Tech | 32,043 | | | |
| | Tech College of the Low Country | 30,239 | | | |
| | Tri-County Tech | 33,366 | | | |
| | Trident Tech | 35,891 | | | |
| | Williamsburg Tech | 28,387 | | | |
| | York County | 33,272 | | | |
| | Weighted Average of Technical Colleges | 33,287 | | | |
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| * CUPA Surveys for Fall 1997 | | | | | |
| ** IPEDS Salaries for Fall 1997--submitted electronically via CHEMIS Faculty Database | | | | | |