| 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 | | | | | |