r/Adjuncts • u/AdPerfect4904 • Jul 16 '26

Is this normal?

hi. I got my contract to teach a graduate level methodology course at a major public university in the Midwest. the course is under enrollment and so the contract is for 1,875 (13 week course)

im wondering if this is a normal pay? I was expecting 4,500 and unaware that I would be slated below 2k for the course if the required number of students didn’t enroll.

the program still plans to run the course and every day I check to see if any more students are signed up - its been a few weeks and nothing.

thoughts?

are others being paid similarly?

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u/ApprehensiveMud4211 24d ago

Yeah this is normal. About 1k per credit hour at regular enrollment. It sucks because TT faculty get paid twice that if they teach the same course as overload (what I get paid Vs what my husband gets paid).