Lowest-Paid Chief Executives of Public and Private Nonprofit Colleges
| Rank | Leaders of public institutions | Institution | Total compensation, 2011-12 |
| 1. | Timothy J. Donovan, chancellor | Vermont State Colleges system | $217,056 |
| 2. | Joel E. Anderson, chancellor | U. of Arkansas at Little Rock | $242,293 |
| 3. | Dan R. Jones, president | Texas A&M U. at Commerce | $243,714 |
| 4. | William Goetz, chancellor* | North Dakota U. system | $268,136 |
| 5. | Paul W. Ferguson, president | U. of Maine | $275,000 |
| 6. | David J. Werner, interim president* | Indiana U. of Pennsylvania | $276,279 |
| 7. | J. Keith Motley, chancellor | U. of Massachusetts at Boston | $277,439 |
| 8. | George M. Philip, president* | State U. of New York at Albany | $280,000 |
| 9. | Kay Norton, president | U. of Northern Colorado | $281,853 |
| 10. | Steven H. Tallant, president | Texas A&M U. at Kingsville | $288,998 |
| 11. | Flavius C. Killebrew, president | Texas A&M U. at Corpus Christi | $295,101 |
| 12. | Donald L. Beggs, president* | Wichita State U. | $303,187 |
| 13. | George R. Blumenthal, chancellor | U. of California at Santa Cruz | $310,000 |
| 14. | John E. Christensen, chancellor | U. of Nebraska at Omaha | $316,894 |
| 15. | Edward R. MacKay, chancellor* | U. System of New Hampshire | $319,199 |
| 16. | Leo E. Morton, chancellor | U. of Missouri at Kansas City | $319,770 |
| 17. | Timothy P. White, chancellor* | U. of California at Riverside | $325,000 |
| 18. | Daniel Klaich, chancellor | Nevada System of Higher Education | $327,000 |
| 19. | Henry T. Yang, chancellor | U. of California at Santa Barbara | $330,885 |
| 20. | Sidney A. McPhee, president | Middle Tennessee State University | $331,213 |
| Rank | Leaders of private nonprofit institutions | Institution | Total compensation, 2010 |
| 1. | Sister Elizabeth A. Hill, president | St. Joseph’s College (N.Y.) | $58,812 |
| 2. | Niels-Erik A. Andreasen, president | Andrews U. (Mich.) | $83,963 |
| 3. | D. Merrill Ewert, president* | Fresno Pacific U. (Calif.) | $106,527 |
| 4. | Katherine R. Fell, president | U. of Findlay (Ohio) | $165,686 |
| 5. | Carol A. Taylor, president | Vanguard U. of Southern California | $193,868 |
| 6. | B. James Dawson, president | Lincoln Memorial U. (Tenn.) | $198,306 |
| 7. | C. Paul Conn, president | Lee U. (Tenn.) | $199,542 |
| 8. | Randal R. Wisbey, president | La Sierra U. (Calif.) | $208,309 |
| 9. | William W. Destler, president | Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) | $209,589 |
| 10. | Roger L. Taylor, president* | Knox College (Ill.) | $214,691 |
| 11. | James L. Edwards, president | Anderson U. (Ind.) | $214,761 |
| 12. | Rex M. Horne Jr., president | Ouachita Baptist U. (La.) | $216,504 |
| 13. | Robert C. Oliver, president | Augustana College (S.D.) | $218,459 |
| 14. | G. Craig Williford, president | Trinity International U. (Ill.) | $223,194 |
| 15. | Neil Albert Salonen, president | U. of Bridgeport (Conn.) | $223,368 |
| 16. | Paul W. Armes, president | Wayland Baptist U. (Tex.) | $224,786 |
| 17. | Adam Weinberg, president* | World Learning, School for International Training (Vt.) | $234,567 |
| 18. | Kim S. Phipps, president | Messiah College (Pa.) | $243,681 |
| 19. | Gaylen J. Byker, president* | Calvin College (Mich.) | $244,319 |
| 20. | John F. Johnson, president* | Concordia U. Chicago | $251,654 |
* No longer in office
Note: The table excludes presidents of Roman Catholic institutions because compensation as reported on IRS Form 990 does not include money paid directly to the religious orders to which those chief executives may belong. Executive compensation at Catholic colleges led by priests, brothers, or nuns may be reported as $0 or a very low sum and therefore is not comparable to other presidents’ compensation. (St. Joseph’s College, listed here, identifies itself as independent.) The table also excludes chief executives who served for a partial year. The salaries for each group are drawn from the latest year for which data are available: 2010 for the private-college presidents and 2011-12 for the chief executives of public institutions.
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