How Much Matthew McConaughey Will Make as a UT Professor

The Oscar-winning actor will definitely be taking a pay cut for his new role as a full-time University of Texas professor.

As reported by KVUE, it was announced that Professor McConaughey will be making around $6,000 per semester teaching the Script-to-Screen Film Production course.

McConaughey has been serving as a guest instructor for the course at his Alma Mater since 2015, co-teaching the class with Scott Rice. McConaughey has also created the curriculum for the course:

• Fall 2015
  
  • “Free State of Jones”
  • writer-director Gary Ross visited class along with producer Diana Alvarez
• Fall 2016
  
  • “Free State of Jones”
• Spring 2017
  
  • “White Boy Rick”
  • director Yann Demange visited class
• Spring 2018
  
  • “White Boy Rick” and “The Beach Bum”
  • writer-director Harmony Korine visited class
• Fall 2018
  
  • “White Boy Rick” and “The Beach Bum”
  • Yann Demange called into class
• Spring 2019
  
  • “The Beach Bum” and “The Gentlemen"

For this year, McConaughey will be covering his films "The Gentlemen" and "Mud."