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Posted 2018: Salaries for some of the U.S. public and private college presidents
Highest-paid U.S. public-college presidents, 2011 fiscal year
The Chronicle of Higher Education
1. E. Gordon Gee
Ohio State University (2007–Present) $1,992,221
2. Michael D. McKinney
Texas A&M University system (2006–2011) $1,966,347
3. Graham B. Spanier
Pennsylvania State University at University Park (1995–2011) $1,068,763
4. Lee T. Todd Jr.
University of Kentucky (2001–2011) $972,106
5. Mary Sue Coleman
University of Michigan system (2002–Present) $845,105
6. Kent R. Hance
Texas Tech University system (2006–Present) $757,740
7. Francisco G. Cigarroa
University of Texas system (2009–Present) $751,680
8. Robert H. Bruininks
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2002–2011) $747,955
9. John C. Hitt
University of Central Florida (1992–Present) $741,500
10. Charles W. Steger
Virginia Tech (2000–Present) $738,603
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Salaries of Some Public-College Presidents, 2011 Fiscal Year
| Name | Total Compensation | Position |
| E. Gordon Gee | $1,992,221 | Ohio State University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Michael D. McKinney | $1,966,347 | Texas A&M University system |
| (Partial year) | Chancellor, 2006–2011 | |
| Graham B. Spanier | $1,068,763 | Pennsylvania State University at University Park |
| President, 1995–2011 | ||
| Lee T. Todd Jr. | $972,106 | University of Kentucky |
| President, 2001–2011 | ||
| Mary Sue Coleman | $845,105 | University of Michigan system |
| President, 2002– | ||
| Kent R. Hance | $757,740 | Texas Tech University system |
| Chancellor, 2006– | ||
| Francisco G. Cigarroa | $751,680 | University of Texas system |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Robert H. Bruininks | $747,955 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| President, 2002–2011 | ||
| John C. Hitt | $741,500 | University of Central Florida |
| President, 1992– | ||
| Charles W. Steger | $738,603 | Virginia Tech |
| President, 2000– | ||
| Patrick T. Harker | $728,329 | University of Delaware |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Jay Gogue | $722,500 | Auburn University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Alan G. Merten | $717,363 | George Mason University |
| President, 1996– | ||
| Erroll B. Davis | $711,019 | University System of Georgia |
| Chancellor, 2006–2011 | ||
| Michael Hogan | $695,000 | University of Illinois system |
| President, 2010– | ||
| James H. McCormick | $682,965 | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system |
| Chancellor, 2001–2011 | ||
| William C. Powers | $667,212 | University of Texas at Austin |
| President, 2006– | ||
| Teresa A. Sullivan | $665,000 | University of Virginia |
| (Partial year) | President, 2010– | |
| Ann Weaver Hart | $655,000 | Temple University |
| President, 2006– | ||
| Michael Crow | $651,700 | Arizona State University at Tempe |
| President, 2002– | ||
| Renu Khator | $650,000 | University of Houston system |
| Chancellor and President, 2008– | ||
| Samuel L. Stanley Jr. | $650,000 | State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| President, 2009– | ||
| John T. Casteen | $638,000 | University of Virginia |
| (Partial year) | President, 1990–2010 | |
| Ronald M. Berkman | $630,000 | Cleveland State University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Michael A. McRobbie | $625,910 | Indiana University system |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Elson S. Floyd | $625,000 | Washington State University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Malcolm Portera | $604,541 | University of Alabama system |
| Chancellor, 2002–2012 | ||
| Judy Genshaft | $592,400 | University of South Florida |
| President, 2000– | ||
| Carol Garrison | $592,161 | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| President, 2002– | ||
| Robert Witt | $592,161 | University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa |
| President, 2003–2012 | ||
| Sally K. Mason | $590,000 | University of Iowa |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Mark G. Yudof | $581,232 | University of California system |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Lee F. Jackson | $579,108 | University of North Texas system |
| Chancellor, 2002– | ||
| Michael F. Adams | $575,418 | University of Georgia |
| President, 1997– | ||
| G.P. “Bud” Peterson | $574,500 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| President, 2009– | ||
| John V. Lombardi | $572,500 | Louisiana State University system |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Lester A. Lefton | $571,970 | Kent State University |
| President, 2006– | ||
| V. Gordon Moulton | $570,027 | University of South Alabama |
| President, 1998– | ||
| Mark B. Rosenberg | $561,875 | Florida International University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Mark A. Nordenberg | $561,500 | University of Pittsburgh |
| Chancellor, 1995– | ||
| David E. Daniel | $555,480 | University of Texas at Dallas |
| President, 2005– | ||
| Michael Rao | $555,000 | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Robert N. Shelton | $554,600 | University of Arizona |
| President, 2009–2011 | ||
| Richard L. McCormick | $550,000 | Rutgers University system |
| President, 2002– | ||
| Nancy L. Zimpher | $545,400 | State University of New York system |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Lloyd A. Jacobs | $542,700 | University of Toledo |
| President, 2006– | ||
| Richard Lariviere | $536,233 | University of Oregon |
| President, 2009–2011 | ||
| Edward J. Ray | $536,231 | Oregon State University |
| President, 2003– | ||
| Harris Pastides | $535,000 | University of South Carolina at Columbia |
| President, 2008– | ||
| France A. Cordova | $529,000 | Purdue University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| David L. Boren | $527,265 | University of Oklahoma at Norman |
| President, 1994– | ||
| Jack M. Wilson | $526,000 | University of Massachusetts system |
| President, 2003–2011 | ||
| Richard B. Loftin | $525,000 | Texas A&M University at College Station |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Michael V. Martin | $525,000 | Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Lou Anna K. Simon | $520,000 | Michigan State University |
| President, 2005– | ||
| Mark P. Becker | $515,100 | Georgia State University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| G. David Gearhart | $513,191 | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| Eric J. Barron | $511,945 | Florida State University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Gregory L. Geoffroy | $510,816 | Iowa State University |
| President, 2001–2012 | ||
| Gregory H. Williams | $510,000 | University of Cincinnati |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Guy H. Bailey | $508,258 | Texas Tech University |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Bernard J. Machen | $507,808 | University of Florida |
| President, 2003– | ||
| David R. Hopkins | $502,088 | Wright State University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| David J. Schmidly | $500,000 | University of New Mexico |
| President, 2007–2012 | ||
| Robert C. Holub | $497,810 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| Luis Proenza | $494,152 | University of Akron |
| President, 1999– | ||
| John B. Simpson | $491,420 | University at Buffalo |
| (Partial year) | President, 2004–2011 | |
| Matthew Goldstein | $490,000 | City University of New York system |
| Chancellor , 1999– | ||
| William E. Kirwan | $490,000 | University System of Maryland |
| Chancellor, 2002– | ||
| Ricardo Romo | $482,557 | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| President, 1999– | ||
| V. Lane Rawlins | $470,005 | University of North Texas |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Marinus “Wim” W. Wiewel | $468,994 | Portland State University |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Stan L. Albrecht | $457,785 | Utah State University |
| President, 2005– | ||
| James R. Ramsey | $453,132 | University of Louisville |
| President, 2002– | ||
| Charles B. Reed | $451,500 | California State University system |
| Chancellor, 1998– | ||
| Robert J. Birgeneau | $451,006 | University of California at Berkeley |
| Chancellor, 2004– | ||
| Bernadette Gray-Little | $450,000 | University of Kansas |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| James P. Clements | $450,000 | West Virginia University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Paula Allen-Meares | $450,000 | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| James Ammons | $445,250 | Florida A&M University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| John Haeger | $432,000 | Northern Arizona University |
| President, 2001– | ||
| Ann Stuart | $431,200 | Texas Woman’s University |
| Chancellor and President, 1999– | ||
| David C. Hodge | $430,000 | Miami University |
| President, 2006– | ||
| Roderick J. McDavis | $429,400 | Ohio University |
| President, 2004– | ||
| Mark Keenum | $429,000 | Mississippi State University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Daniel W. Jones | $429,000 | University of Mississippi |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| M.R.C. Greenwood | $427,512 | University of Hawaii system |
| President, 2009– | ||
| John M. Dunn | $426,082 | Western Michigan University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Carolyn “Biddy” Martin | $423,606 | University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Chancellor, 2008–2011 | ||
| Jo Ann M. Gora | $422,040 | Ball State University |
| President, 2004– | ||
| Michael K. Young | $421,395 | University of Utah |
| President, 2008–2011 | ||
| Freeman Hrabowski | $420,400 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County |
| President, 1977– | ||
| H. Holden Thorp | $420,000 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| W. Randolph Woodson | $420,000 | North Carolina State University |
| Chancellor, 2010– | ||
| James Spaniolo | $417,339 | University of Texas at Arlington |
| President, 2004– | ||
| Diana Natalicio | $416,760 | University of Texas at El Paso |
| President, 1988– | ||
| Neal J. Smatresk | $416,424 | University of Nevada at Las Vegas |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Anthony Frank | $412,000 | Colorado State University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Gene D. Block | $409,066 | University of California at Los Angeles |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| James B. Milliken | $408,669 | University of Nebraska system |
| President, 2004– | ||
| Michael V. Drake | $404,792 | University of California at Irvine |
| Chancellor, 2005– | ||
| Kevin P. Reilly | $401,886 | University of Wisconsin system |
| President, 2004– | ||
| James F. Barker | $399,128 | Clemson University |
| President, 1999– | ||
| Gary D. Russi | $395,000 | Oakland University |
| President, 1996– | ||
| Linda Katehi | $393,333 | University of California at Davis |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| V. Burns Hargis | $390,000 | Oklahoma State University |
| President, 2008– | ||
| C. Alvin Bowman | $389,000 | Illinois State University |
| President, 2004– | ||
| Carol A. Cartwright | $388,823 | Bowling Green State University |
| President, 2009–2011 | ||
| Marye Anne Fox | $385,663 | University of California at San Diego |
| Chancellor, 2004– | ||
| Barbara Couture | $385,000 | New Mexico State University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Allan Gilmour | $384,541 | Wayne State University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| John R. Broderick | $382,000 | Old Dominion University |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Mary Jane Saunders | $381,161 | Florida Atlantic University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Mark W. Huddleston | $379,440 | University of New Hampshire |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Brady J. Deaton | $377,000 | University of Missouri at Columbia |
| Chancellor, 2004– | ||
| Glenn W. Poshard | $375,442 | Southern Illinois University system |
| President, 2006– | ||
| Philip Austin | $370,833 | University of Connecticut |
| Interim President, 2010–2011 | ||
| Thomas F. George | $368,712 | University of Missouri at St. Louis |
| Chancellor, 2003– | ||
| George E. Ross | $366,500 | Central Michigan University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Phyllis M. Wise | $362,250 | University of Washington |
| (Partial year) | Interim President, 2010–2011 | |
| Martin T. Meehan | $361,186 | University of Massachusetts at Lowell |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Bruce D. Benson | $359,100 | University of Colorado system |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Robert Easter | $355,000 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Interim Chancellor, 2009–2011 | ||
| Jan F. Simek | $352,600 | University of Tennessee system |
| (Partial year) | Interim President, 2009–2010 | |
| Daniel M. Fogel | $352,563 | University of Vermont |
| President, 2002–2011 | ||
| Thomas Buchanan | $350,004 | University of Wyoming |
| President, 2005– | ||
| Daniel D. Reneau | $350,000 | Louisiana Tech University |
| President, 1987– | ||
| Kirk H. Schulz | $350,000 | Kansas State University |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Joseph Savoie | $350,000 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Martha Saunders | $345,500 | University of Southern Mississippi |
| President, 2007– | ||
| Jimmy G. Cheek | $345,000 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Virginia S. Hinshaw | $344,880 | University of Hawaii-Manoa |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Brooks A. Keel | $342,200 | Georgia Southern University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| M. Duane Nellis | $341,434 | University of Idaho |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Rita Cheng | $341,100 | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
| Chancellor, 2010– | ||
| David M. Dooley | $340,000 | University of Rhode Island |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Philip DiStefano | $340,000 | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Joseph A. DiPietro | $338,393 | University of Tennessee system |
| (Partial year) | President, 2011– | |
| Milton D. Glick | $330,497 | University of Nevada at Reno |
| (Partial year) | President, 2006–2011 | |
| John G. Peters | $328,835 | Northern Illinois University |
| President, 2000– | ||
| John C. Cavanaugh | $327,500 | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| C. Peter Magrath | $326,607 | Binghamton University |
| President, 2010–2011 | ||
| Dana L. Gibson | $325,000 | Sam Houston State University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Henry T. Yang | $324,710 | University of California at Santa Barbara |
| Chancellor, 1994– | ||
| Arthur Vailas | $323,650 | Idaho State University |
| President, 2006– | ||
| David Chicoine | $321,360 | South Dakota State University |
| President, 2007– | ||
| James Abbott | $321,360 | University of South Dakota |
| President, 1997– | ||
| Timothy P. White | $319,583 | University of California at Riverside |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| Leo E. Morton | $318,250 | University of Missouri at Kansas City |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| Robert O. Kelley | $317,460 | University of North Dakota |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Charles R. Bantz | $315,462 | Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis |
| Executive Vice President and Chancellor, 2003– | ||
| Steven C. Ballard | $315,000 | East Carolina University |
| Chancellor, 2004– | ||
| Linda P. Brady | $315,000 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| Waded Cruzado-Salas | $315,000 | Montana State University at Bozeman |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Philip L. Dubois | $315,000 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Chancellor, 2005– | ||
| James M. Simmons | $314,487 | Lamar University |
| President, 1999– | ||
| Dean L. Bresciani | $312,000 | North Dakota State University |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Karen Hanson | $309,309 | Indiana University at Bloomington |
| Executive Vice President and Provost, 2007–2012 | ||
| Harvey S. Perlman | $306,581 | University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
| Chancellor, 2001– | ||
| George R. Blumenthal | $304,833 | University of California at Santa Cruz |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Patrick K. Gamble | $304,250 | University of Alaska system |
| President, 2010– | ||
| Daniel Klaich | $303,000 | Nevada System of Higher Education |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Jerry Wartgow | $302,500 | University of Colorado at Denver |
| Chancellor, 2010–2012 | ||
| Wallace D. Loh | $300,000 | University of Maryland at College Park |
| (Partial year) | President, 2010– | |
| Harold L. Martin | $300,000 | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Stephen L. Weber | $299,435 | San Diego State University |
| President, 1995–2011 | ||
| Shirley C. Raines | $297,848 | University of Memphis |
| President, 2001– | ||
| Steven J. Diner | $295,000 | Rutgers University at Newark |
| Chancellor, 2002–2011 | ||
| B. Alan Sugg | $294,953 | University of Arkansas system |
| President, 1990–2011 | ||
| John E. Christensen | $286,326 | University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Brian D. Rogers | $284,517 | University of Alaska at Fairbanks |
| Chancellor, 2008– | ||
| Donald L. Beggs | $282,150 | Wichita State University |
| President, 1999– | ||
| Edward R. MacKay | $280,000 | University System of New Hampshire |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| George M. Philip | $280,000 | State University of New York at Albany |
| President, 2009– | ||
| Judith A. Bense | $277,436 | University of West Florida |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Sidney A. McPhee | $272,445 | Middle Tennessee State University |
| President, 2001– | ||
| Daniel J. Bradley | $271,263 | Indiana State University |
| President, 2008– | ||
| Thomas W. Ross | $262,500 | University of North Carolina system |
| (Partial year) | President, 2011– | |
| Kay Norton | $258,500 | University of Northern Colorado |
| President, 2002– | ||
| Paul E. Stanton | $255,676 | East Tennessee State University |
| President, 1997–2012 | ||
| David J. Werner | $253,428 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| (Partial year) | Interim President, 2010– | |
| George P. Pernsteiner | $248,579 | Oregon University system |
| Chancellor, 2005– | ||
| J. Keith Motley | $248,400 | University of Massachusetts at Boston |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Robert Kennedy | $246,870 | University of Maine |
| President, 2004–2011 | ||
| Stephen J. Owens | $242,750 | University of Missouri system |
| (Partial year) | Interim President, 2011–2012 | |
| Erskine B. Bowles | $238,574 | University of North Carolina system |
| (Partial year) | President, 2006–2010 | |
| Richard Pattenaude | $229,100 | University of Maine system |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Joel E. Anderson | $220,266 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| Chancellor, 2003– | ||
| Michael R. Lovell | $216,623 | University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee |
| (Partial year) | Chancellor, 2010– | |
| William Goetz | $213,720 | North Dakota University system |
| Chancellor, 2007– | ||
| Gary D. Forsee | $212,300 | University of Missouri system |
| (Partial year) | President, 2008–2011 | |
| Royce C. Engstrom | $198,645 | University of Montana |
| (Partial year) | President, 2010– | |
| Timothy J. Donovan | $190,000 | Vermont State Colleges system |
| Chancellor, 2009– | ||
| Mark A. Emmert | $176,175 | University of Washington |
| (Partial year) | President, 2004–2010 | |
| Timothy P. Ryan | $116,014 | University of New Orleans |
| (Partial year) | Chancellor, 2003–2010 | |
| Satish K. Tripathi | $106,973 | University at Buffalo |
| (Partial year) | President, 2011– | |
| Carlos E. Santiago | $91,367 | University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee |
| (Partial year) | Chancellor, 2004–2010 | |
| George M. Dennison | $82,222 | University of Montana |
| (Partial year) | President, 1990–2010 | |
| C. Daniel Mote | $77,434 | University of Maryland at College Park |
| (Partial year) | President, 1998–2010 |
These data show the compensation received in the 2010-11 fiscal year by 199 chief executives at 190 public universities and systems in the United States. Fiscal years typically end June 30.
The Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed institutions to collect compensation data. Our analysis included public colleges and their affiliated systems that were classified as research universities by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2010. The four-year institutions included here comprise universities with total fall enrollments of at least 10,000 and universities with smaller enrollments that are state flagships. The cohort was set based on fall 2009 enrollments because more recent figures were not available at the time of the survey’s distribution.
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A view of some university president’s homes
University of Tennessee
In 2007, the Board of Trustees at the University of Tennessee -Knoxville began discussing ending the practice of providing housing for senior administrators, including chancellors and the president. The University will retain the proceeds from the sale of the property and save costs associated with its maintenance.
University of California- Berkeley
The University Residence serves as the on-campus home for the Chancellor of UCLA
University of Alabama
University of Florida
University of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan -Ann Arbor
North Carolina State University
The new $3.5 million house for North Carolina State University’s chancellor overlooking Lake Raleigh on N.C. State’s Centennial Campus
The chancellor resides upstairs in a 3,000-square-foot private living area. Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife moved in Oct. 28, 2011. The old chancellor’s residence, located at the intersection of Pullen Road and Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, was built in 1928.
University of Maryland at College Park
The president’s house at the University of Maryland is being replaced with a new 14,000-square-foot on-campus mansion that carries a $7.2 million price tag.
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