Highest Paid College Presidents

[pierre0913]

<p>I'm just interested, can someone compile a list of the highest (and if at all possible lowest) paid college presidents in the United States. With the economy in a down funk, I would be interested to see which college presidents are actually "stealing" our childrens money (just my opinion)</p>

[Senior_s_Dad]

<p>Here are compensation packages for several Florida university system presidents:</p>

<p>Florida A&M University, James Ammons Base, $325,000. Car, $12,000;house, $36,000;deferred compensation, $27,000;performance bonus, $1,000;retirement,$28,243. Total: $429,243.</p>

<p>Florida Atlantic University, Frank Brogan Base, $324,938. Car, use of house, $10,673;deferred compensation, $34,800;retirement, $30,003. Total: $400,414. (Brogan was awarded a 10 percent raise effective in March, bringing his base salary to $357,000.)</p>

<p>Florida International University, Mitch Maidique Base, $462,608. Car, use of house, $9,000;retirement pay, $40,208;performance bonus, $50,000. Total: $561,816.</p>

<p>Florida State University, T.K. Wetherell Base, $309,613. Car, use of house, $48,000;deferred compensation, $45,089;retirement pay, $23,443;deferred bonus pay, $285,000. Total: $711,145.</p>

<p>University of Central Florida, John Hitt Base, $463,500. Car, use of house, $3,680;deferred compensation, $92,700;retirement pay, $32,708;legislative bonus, $1,000. Total $593,588.</p>

<p>University of Florida, Bernard Machen Base, $414,566. Car, $7,800;retirement pay, $23,445;annual bonus, $75,000;retention bonus, $210,000;legislative bonus, $1,000. Total $731,811.</p>

<p>University of South Florida, Judy Genshaft Base, $395,000. Deferred compensation, $47,400;retirement pay, $23,445; performance bonus, $37,000. Total $502,845.</p>

<p>[UF’s</a> Machen has top package among state university chiefs](<a href=“http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/11/16/a5b_prezsalary_1117.html]UF’s”>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/11/16/a5b_prezsalary_1117.html)</p>

[bclintonk]

<p>From the Chronicle of Higher Education (2006-07 academic year, latest figures available):</p>

<p>Highest private college/university president total compensation (salary + benefits):</p>

<ol>
<li>Suffolk University $2,800,461</li>
<li>Vanderbilt $2,065,143</li>
<li>Northwestern $1,742,560</li>
<li>Rochester Institute of Technology $1,661,675</li>
<li>Columbia $1,411,894</li>
<li>RPI $1,326,774</li>
<li>NYU $1,324,874</li>
<li>Simmons College $1,159,269</li>
<li>Penn $1,088,786</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins $1,060,722</li>
<li>Emory $1,040,420</li>
<li>Drexel $1,021,537</li>
<li>Wilmington U $973,760</li>
<li>Yale $955,407</li>
<li>U Miami $942,493</li>
</ol>

<p>Highest public university president total compensation (salary + benefits):</p>

<ol>
<li>U Delaware $2,451,689</li>
<li>Ohio State $1,346,225</li>
<li>U Washington $887,870</li>
<li>U Virginia $797,048</li>
<li>U Texas system $786,045</li>
<li>U Michigan $760,196</li>
<li>U Colorado-Denver & Health Sciences Ctr $740,415 </li>
<li>U Florida $731,811</li>
<li>Arizona State $728,750</li>
<li>Georgia State $727,487</li>
<li>Auburn $725,684</li>
<li>Virginia Tech $719,892</li>
<li>Florida State $711,145</li>
<li>U Minnesota $697,213</li>
<li>U Cincinnati $687,224</li>
</ol>

<p>Clearly if you’re going to take on the headache of running a college or university, there’s bigger money to be had in the privates, with a small handful of exceptions.</p>

[UCBChemEGrad]

<p>^ UC president Mark Yudof was offered a compensation package of $828k to lure him away from the U Texas system.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/17548[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/17548&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>

The UC compensation consists of the following elements: </p>

<p>an annual base salary of $591,084 (compared to current annual cash compensation of $528,860 at the University of Texas). The UC salary falls below the midpoint salary ($606,200) set for this position by the Board of Regents and below the median salary ($644,900) of leaders of similar public and private universities used by the California Postsecondary Education Commission for comparison purposes.
as an exception to policy, supplemental pension funding amounting to $228,000 in 2008-09 and varying somewhat each year thereafter. This funding, in combination with normal UC Retirement Plan benefits, is intended to produce a UC retirement benefit comparable to what Yudof would have expected to receive at his present employer. (The University of Texas presently provides Yudof $250,000 per year in supplemental deferred compensation in addition to his base salary and normal retirement benefits.)
an automobile allowance of $743 per month or $8,916 per year;
university-provided housing, as a condition of employment;
reasonable lodging, transportation and other business-related expenses associated with university business prior to his relocation, along with reimbursement of actual costs for packing and relocation of household effects and library;
consistent with past practice, if Yudof assumes a UC faculty position immediately after his tenure as UC president, the university will arrange for the relocation of his personal belongings, and he will be eligible for a Mortgage Origination Program loan in order to purchase a primary residence;
use of administrative funds for official entertainment and other purposes allowed by policy; and
standard health, pension and senior management benefits, and standard sabbatical, sick leave and vacation accrual.

</p>

<p>In comparison to some of those other compensation packages, Yudof’s pay looks to be in-line.</p>

[bclintonk]

<p>^ I’d say given the size of the system he’s charged with running, Yudof might even be a little underpaid.</p>

[Dbate]

<p>Hey UC give our president back >(</p>