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I am a senior in high school and am applying to three out of state universities as well as University of Oregon. Soon I will decide where to attend. My dad does not want me to go to school in Oregon because he says professors at our public universities receive only 60% the salary of contemporaries in other states such as Michigan or California. Is this true? If so, why such a gap? Is our smaller population the only difference? Though there are always outliers, it would make sense that the salary paid reflects the overall quality of the staff.

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