Adjunct faculty pay

elkpark · Mar 23, 2016

Typically, per semester. For the course, all of it. And a per-credit-hour rate means you will not be getting any additional pay for all the hours you will spend reading and grading paperwork. Adjunct teaching typically pays even worse than being a full-time faculty member. That's kinda the point (why schools like using adjunct faculty so much -- they can pay them peanuts).

llg, PhD, RN · Mar 23, 2016

That's close to the national average for adjunct faculty. It's no way to earn a living ... but it can be an OK way to pick up a little extra cash IF (and that's a big if) there is not much work involved in teaching the course.

I have taught some courses as an adjunct for which I was terribly underpaid given how much work was involved. But I am teaching one now that has almost no work involved at all. It's online and there are very few assignments to grade and the students are asking me almost no questions. I'd feel guilty about taking the money except that I have been underpaid before.

BSNbeauty, BSN, RN · Mar 23, 2016

I got paid 5800 for a semester. Doing one clinical per week. I don't think it's bad at all.

kidsmom002 · Mar 24, 2016

I make $40 per hour as adjunct faculty at one facility and $51 per hour at another. :up:

JaxJax5423 · Mar 28, 2016

I'm a BSN and I make $37.50 an hour as a clinical instructor adjunct

cjcsoon2bnp, MSN, RN, NP · Mar 29, 2016

I get paid 6K for a once day a week clinical course for the semester and another school I am looking at pays $6,200.

!Chris :specs:

nurse2033, MSN, RN · Mar 31, 2016

Yes, per semester. A recent study showed that the system can't pay a reasonable rate to adjuncts. Read it here Study says too costly to pay adjuncts more.

Being an adjunct is a great way to get experience, but not to make a living. Another study showed that it takes 4-40 hours to produce 1 hour of effective education. If you can find a class and teach it forever, that will be worthwhile. But taking new classes will kill you in prep time.

feelix, RN · Apr 2, 2016

Just completing MSN Ed. Looking for an adjunt position. Do colleges pay MSN more? BSN's get about $36-38/hrly where I live

JaxJax5423 · Apr 2, 2016

the msn that did the same job as me, clinical instructor, got ~42hr

MomBabyUnitRN · Apr 8, 2016

Where I work, it's $800 per credit. My CNA class is a 4 credit class; so it's $3200 per semester. Some semesters are module classes meaning they may be only 8 weeks long or it could be a traditional 12 week semester. The clinical instructor gets 1 or maybe 2 credits of that which is $800-$1600. (If there is a T.A., that's 0.5 credits s/he earns.) The CNA instructor gets the other 2-3 credits. I also offer non-credit CNA classes. Those are paid hourly at $25 for the CNA instructor (Which has to be an RN) and $20 for the clinical instructor (which is usually an LPN). If an RN does clinicals, it's $25 an hour.

As a CNA Coordinator, I have to teach one 12 week credit class a semester. I get zero credit money; just my usual salary. If I teach another credit class, I do get that adjunct wage of 2 credits. The other 2 credits are split up between the two clinical instructors.

txbootsy · Mar 13, 2017

I get 38/hr and I get paid for prep as well. It is great money for me. I need flexibility with young children and I usually teach 2-3 clinical courses every semester. I make about 3000-3500 per month.

I love it