Agronomy department administrators were similarly affected by recession woes, according to the study. The society sent questionnaires to 200 of its member departments at colleges and universities across the United States; it received 53 responses. The survey was last completed for the 1989-90 school year.
Among the 1991-92 findings was that the range of average salaries paid to professors with Ph.D.'s at each school in the North Central region was $41,043 to $75,400 in 1991-92, compared with $40,094 to $71,533 two years earlier. At schools in the South, the range of average salaries paid to associate professors with Ph.D.'s was $28,992 to $52,100, compared with $30,000 to $51,181 two years earlier. For both of these categories in these regions, though, most schools paid an average of about $40,000.
The salaries of department administrators similarly showed little upward movement. In Western states, for instance, the range of average salaries was $34,911 ...
