SECTION 5: Recommended Overload and Summer Salaries

QUESTION 23: How much per graduate-level course do you think faculty should be compensated for overload pay?

Twenty-nine of the 67 faculty members (43.3%) responded to this question with actual dollar amounts per course or per credit hour. The mean recommended compensation for teaching an overload course at the graduate level was $3,974. The median was slightly lower at $3,600. The modal amount was $5,000 per course. Figure 4 presents the distribution of these responses.

Recommended Compensation for Overload Graduate Courses

FIGURE 4. Recommended salaries ranged from $300 to $10,000 per course. Twenty-seven of the 67 total faculty members (40.3%) declined to respond.

AN ADDITIONAL 11 FACULTY MEMBERS (16.4%) RESPONDED WITH THE SUGGESTIONS LISTED BELOW:

  • See what other universities do. Do not reinvent the wheel.
  • 15% of base salary.
  • 6 credit hours.
  • 7% of salary.
  • 10% of gross.
  • It depends on the size of the class. If the class size in big enough, 3 graduate classes should be a full load. More than that should be compensated.

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