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Notes
Data here may vary from what appeared in print, due to updates and corrections received after publication.
N/A Not applicable
* Did not serve as chief executive for the full year.
a This president has taken a vow of poverty and does not receive compensation.
b This president's salary is paid directly to his/her religious order.
c This president did not appear on this year's tax filings because he/she was not an officer during the corresponding fiscal year.
d This president has taken a vow of poverty and does not receive compensation. Compensation is paid directly to his/her religious order.
d This president was listed twice on the 990. The figures shown represent both listings.
Methodology
These data show the total compensation received by chief executives at public college and university systems in the 2022 calendar year. Parenthetical value shown next to total pay is the one-year change. If the president received pay from more than one institution in 2021 those values are combined to determine the percentage change.
All individuals who served as chief executive during this period, including interim and acting leaders, are included. Oftentimes, more than one chief executive served at an institution during a given year. Presidents who served less than the full year are noted.
Compensation values for all employees reflect the compensation earned from the institution (and associated foundations) across a calendar year, regardless of the role or roles held by those employees during the full year.
Photographs were obtained from college websites.
The Chronicle surveyed institutions to collect these public data. Our analysis generally includes all public doctoral universities (nonmilitary service) in the United States as well as all state college and university systems or governing boards with at least three campuses or 50,000 total students enrolled across the system in the most-recent academic year.
This analysis does not include systems, state boards, or administrative departments that oversee only technical or community colleges, nor does it include institutions in Puerto Rico.
To ascertain doctoral universities in this survey, The Chronicle used the 2021 update of the Carnegie Basic Classification program.
As of publication time, the following institutions had not submitted compensation data associated with their current and former chief executives to The Chronicle. Open-records requests sent to some of these institutions also had not been fulfilled by publication time:
- Alabama State University
- Arizona State University-Skysong
- Auburn University
- Ball State University
- Boise State University
- California State University at Fullerton
- California State University at Long Beach
- California State University at San Bernardino
- California State University-East Bay
- Central Michigan University
- City University of New York Graduate Center
- Colorado School of Mines
- Delaware State University
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia State University
- Grand Valley State University
- Indiana University at Bloomington
- Indiana University System
- Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
- Jackson State University
- Kean University
- Miami University (Ohio)
- Michigan Technological University
- Missouri State University
- Nevada System of Higher Education
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- North Carolina A&T State University
- Prairie View A&M University
- Purdue University Global
- Radford University
- Rutgers University at New Brunswick
- Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
- Southern University
- Southern University system office
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- Stockton University
- Tarleton State University
- Temple University
- Tennessee Board of Regents
- Tennessee State University
- Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
- Texas A&M University system office
- Texas Southern University
- Texas Woman’s University
- Towson University
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Alabama at Huntsville
- University of Alabama system
- University of Alaska at Fairbanks
- University of Alaska system
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- University of Arkansas system
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of California at Davis
- University of California at Irvine
- University of California at Los Angeles
- University of California at Merced
- University of California at Riverside
- University of California at San Diego
- University of California at Santa Barbara
- University of California at Santa Cruz
- University of California system office
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Delaware
- University of Hawaii at Hilo
- University of Hawaii system
- University of Hawaii-Manoa
- University of Houston system
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- University of Idaho
- University of Maine at Orono
- University of Maine system office
- University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
- University of Missouri system
- University of Nevada at Las Vegas
- University of Nevada at Reno
- University of New Mexico
- University of Pittsburgh main campus
- University of South Alabama
- University of South Carolina at Columbia
- University of South Florida
- University of Southern Mississippi
- University of Texas at Tyler
- University of Vermont
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin at La Crosse
- University System of Georgia
- Washburn University
- Wayne State University
- Western Carolina University
- Western Kentucky University
- Winston-Salem State University
- Wright State University
Compensation components
Total pay: total compensation reflects the summed values of “base pay,” “bonus pay,” “other,” and “benefits.”
Base pay: The value of the total base compensation earned by the employee.
Bonus pay: The value of all bonuses and incentive compensation earned by the employee.
Other: This includes deferred compensation paid out in the surveyed calendar year, severance pay, nonpayroll compensation and other reportable compensation not covered by the above categories.
Benefits: This reflects the value of nontaxable benefits, including health and medical benefits, life insurance, housing provided by an employer, personal legal and financial services, dependent care, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, and cafeteria plans.