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After three years in which private college and university administrators led their public counterparts in salary gains, the publics are on top in 2013-14.
The gains in public higher education are also larger than those of a year before, while the private increase is smaller than last year's, according to a study released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Overall, the increase is 2.4 percent -- with the public increase 2.5 percent and the private increase 2.3 percent. Based on an increase of 1.5 percent in the Consumer Price Index for the period covered, that means that public and private administrators are all enjoying increases in purchasing power.
The following table shows the gains over the last four years for public and private higher education:
Gains in Base Salary for Administrators, Public vs. Private
Year | Public | Private |
2010-11 | 0.0% | 2.0% |
2011-12 | 1.5% | 2.5% |
2012-13 | 2.0% | 2.5% |
2013-14 | 2.5% | 2.3% |
The results come in a year in which many states started to put more money into public higher education, following the deep cuts that started after the economy took so many hits in 2008.
Comparing colleges by highest degrees awarded, doctoral institutions saw the largest gains for administrators (2.6 percent), higher than those for master's institutions (2.0 percent), baccalaureate (2.3 percent), associate institutions (2.4 percent) and specialized institutions (2.0 percent). And doctoral institutions are the only category in which private gains out paced those of the public sector.
Gains in Base Salary for Administrators, by Degree Levels, 2013-14
Year | Public | Private |
Doctoral | 2.5% | 2.7% |
Master's | 2.2% | 2.0% |
Baccalaureate | 2.5% | 2.3% |
Associate | 2.5% | 2.5% |
Specialized | 2.0% | 2.0% |
CUPA-HR also releases median salaries for various administrator job categories, broken down by Carnegie classification.
Median Salaries by Sector, 2013-14
An * indicates that there are not enough people in the sample to produce a statistically valid median.
All | Doctoral | Master's | Bacc. | Assoc. | |
Top Executive and Senior Officers |
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Chief Exec Officer, System |
$370,940 | $465,618 | $311,217 | * | $285,338 |
CEO, Single Inst/Campus in Syst | 275,000 | 425,000 | 275,000 | 265,000 | 184,782 |
Exec VP/Vice Chancellor | 186,750 | 326,863 | 181,456 | 155,625 | 154,884 |
Chief Acad Affairs Officer/Prov | 178,884 | 302,841 | 185,000 | 160,500 | 126,616 |
Chief Business Officer |
172,000 | 250,000 | 175,393 | 160,000 | 123,974 |
Chief Athletics Admr |
109,497 | 238,736 | 108,441 | 90,166 | 80,392 |
Chief Audit Officer | 112,366 | 129,480 | 86,453 | 89,721 | 97,346 |
Chief Dev/ Advance Officer |
155,000 | 248,373 | 154,000 | 149,868 | 96,155 |
Chief Enrollment Mgt Officer | 134,716 | 171,652 | 135,000 | 130,047 | 92,776 |
Chief Exten/ Engagement Officer |
137,148 | 198,430 | 113,520 | * | 119,609 |
Chief External Affairs Officer |
164,353 | 200,069 | 143,237 | 112,600 | 140,446 |
Chief Facilities Officer |
110,677 | 161,095 | 106,899 | 93,125 | 94,000 |
Chief Financial Officer |
157,927 | 231,274 | 145,441 | 137,963 | 116,481 |
Chief Health Affairs Officer |
377,597 | 539,537 | * | * | * |
Chief Human Resources Officer |
106,240 | 158,750 | 102,180 | 88,000 | 96,920 |
Chief Info/ IT Officer |
128,283 | 208,959 | 125,000 | 108,150 | 104,873 |
Chief Instal Planning Officer | 140,688 | 187,733 | 122,247 | 128,272 | 106,378 |
Chief Instal Research Officer | 90,000 | 118,418 | 84,431 | 81,201 | 85,000 |
Chief Investment Officer | 204,651 | 227,084 | 105,060 | 234,328 | * |
Chief Legal Affairs Officer |
185,000 | 218,184 | 153,000 | 162,000 | 141,271 |
Chief Library Officer |
90,352 | 165,866 | 92,210 | 78,015 | 73,218 |
Chief Pub Relations Officer |
106,111 | 172,000 | 100,161 | 92,335 | 84,004 |
Chief Research Officer |
225,500 | 247,638 | 125,013 | 112,725 | 109,058 |
Chief Stu Affairs/ Life Officer |
133,429 | 202,995 | 137,007 | 121,708 | 106,575 |
Academic Deans |
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Dean Agriculture | 224,142 | 240,000 | 142,000 | * | * |
Dean Architecture/ Design |
201,310 | 213,761 | 160,710 | * | * |
Dean Arts and Letters |
133,952 | 180,000 | 129,300 | 103,810 | 96,662 |
Dean Arts and Sciences |
146,217 | 225,000 | 139,182 | 119,225 | 91,800 |
Dean Biological |
140,300 | 217,125 | 140,300 | * | 92,816 |
Dean Business |
170,000 | 293,096 | 159,014 | 125,000 | 95,209 |
Dean Computer and Info Sci |
167,250 | 259,560 | 154,896 | * | 104,344 |
Dean Continuing Ed |
112,839 | 167,074 | 115,000 | 92,016 | 93,000 |
Dean Coop Extension | 189,780 | 192,800 | * | * | * |
Dean Dentistry | 317,398 | 328,467 | * | * | * |
Dean Divinity/ Religion |
96,463 | 140,770 | 93,636 | 82,400 | * |
Dean Education | 144,330 | 199,614 | 130,000 | 95,000 | 91,489 |
Dean Engineering | 241,327 | 275,000 | 189,750 | 112,059 | 97,000 |
Dean External Degree Prgms |
91,260 | * | * | * | 91,260 |
Dean Family and Cons Sci | 200,000 | 200,000 | * | * | * |
Dean Fine Arts |
138,585 | 192,175 | 132,774 | 109,702 | 102,087 |
Dean Forestry/ Environ Studies | 181,882 | 200,830 | * | * | * |
Dean Gov/ Pub Affairs/ Pub Pol |
262,650 | 262,650 | * | * | * |
Dean Graduate School | 145,353 | 187,250 | 125,815 | 96,253 | * |
Dean Hth-Related Professions | 131,931 | 192,200 | 140,634 | 100,982 | 92,475 |
Dean Honors Program | 132,665 | 145,707 | 105,000 | * | * |
Dean Humanities | 115,770 | 197,176 | 133,392 | 102,866 | 95,605 |
Dean Instruction | 94,194 | * | 101,214 | 102,391 | 93,754 |
Dean Journalism/ Mass Comm |
190,238 | 204,000 | 166,930 | * | 89,903 |
Dean Law | 300,000 | 310,000 | 269,180 | * | * |
Dean Library Sciences | 138,048 | 163,997 | 116,430 | * | 88,188 |
Dean Mathematics | 102,157 | * | 157,790 | * | 96,255 |
Dean Medicine | 484,730 | 501,350 | 388,125 | * | * |
Dean Music | 183,641 | 197,515 | 144,999 | * | * |
Dean Nursing | 133,419 | 213,840 | 127,264 | 110,500 | 92,776 |
Dean Occup Studies/ Voc Ed/Tech |
99,425 | 146,520 | 136,178 | 121,904 | 91,008 |
Dean Performing Arts | 153,130 | 210,000 | 153,130 | * | * |
Dean Pharmacy | 240,000 | 257,648 | 210,000 | * | * |
Dean Public Admin |
142,000 | 226,569 | * | * | * |
Dean Pub Health | 262,628 | 285,000 | * | * | * |
Dean Sciences |
140,000 | 220,000 | 138,849 | 101,959 | 94,835 |
Dean Social Sciences | 117,884 | 227,480 | 140,390 | 96,419 | 90,804 |
Dean Social Work | 198,042 | 206,431 | 120,000 | * | * |
Dean Special Programs | 95,078 | * | 135,800 | 102,816 | 87,000 |
Dean Undergrad Programs |
125,211 | 180,730 | 116,549 | 103,831 | * |
Dean Vet Medicine | 253,860 | 257,720 | * | * | * |
Dean of Students | 92,521 | 127,000 | 89,130 | 81,853 | 88,025 |
Instit Adminis- trators |
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Chief Accnting Officer/ Contrlr |
101,599 | 149,300 | 98,940 | 91,865 | 86,594 |
Chief Admin Officer | 163,036 | 219,950 | 131,654 | 130,000 | 123,164 |
Chief Architect |
110,411 | 124,375 | 99,273 | 101,567 | 106,680 |
Chief Auxiliary Services Officr |
99,024 | 135,758 | 88,471 | 88,356 | 86,455 |
Chief Budget Officer | 110,052 | 140,040 | 103,875 | 95,717 | 93,625 |
Chief Purchasing Officer | 83,265 | 107,907 | 75,039 | 71,311 | 73,189 |
Chief EO/AA Officer | 98,025 | 106,575 | 88,512 | 80,255 | 84,077 |
Chief Diversity Officer | 111,348 | 157,350 | 98,004 | 85,607 | 82,043 |
Chief Hospital Admr | 426,002 | 414,224 | * | * | * |
Chief Veterinary Hospital Admr |
160,000 | 159,000 | * | * | * |
Chief Student Admissions Officer |
88,080 | 118,248 | 85,797 | 79,921 | 74,206 |
Chief Fin Aid Officer |
81,061 | 107,499 | 80,109 | 71,382 | 74,767 |
Chief Student Registr/ Rec Off |
78,641 | 105,752 | 80,000 | 70,058 | 69,156 |
Chief Tech Transfer Officer |
170,413 | 170,413 | * | * | * |
Chief Spons Resrch/ Prgms Admr |
98,088 | 121,422 | 89,211 | 84,191 | 84,419 |
Chief Contracts & Grants Admr | 84,602 | 97,731 | 71,937 | 63,909 | 74,360 |
Deputy Chief Library Officer |
85,785 | 105,137 | 81,590 | 77,316 | 70,223 |
Deputy Chief, Student Affairs |
96,870 | 127,805 | 91,233 | 76,583 | 91,123 |
Associate VP/VC for Research | 158,815 | 175,632 | * | 61,986 | 88,407 |
Deputy Provost | 161,302 | 196,600 | 140,000 | 122,625 | 119,015 |
Assoc Provost |
126,340 | 160,979 | 125,686 | 106,581 | 95,900 |
Asst Provost | 102,092 | 123,896 | 102,167 | 85,000 | 97,011 |
Chief of Staff to Syst/Inst CEO | 139,282 | 175,000 | 132,000 | 121,750 | 105,000 |
Heads of Divisions, Depts & Centers | |||||
Dep Chief Financial Officer |
104,971 | 134,474 | 102,926 | 93,845 | 80,218 |
Dep Chief Facilities Officer |
84,867 | 110,250 | 81,124 | 73,080 | 69,711 |
Dep Chief HR Officer |
82,307 | 99,200 | 75,695 | 71,993 | 79,699 |
Dep Chief Info/ IT Officer |
109,705 | 145,584 | 104,572 | 83,559 | 94,577 |
Dep Chief Athletics Officer |
77,636 | 116,699 | 70,000 | 64,389 | 67,450 |
Dep Chief Advance/ Dev Officer |
117,070 | 161,712 | 107,351 | 113,768 | 81,011 |
Dep Chief Budget Officer |
90,000 | 105,001 | 77,498 | 71,400 | 76,760 |
Bursar | 70,039 | 90,850 | 66,718 | 61,797 | 67,293 |
Chief Camp Bookstore Admr | 60,750 | 91,323 | 62,762 | 54,771 | 62,142 |
Chief Continuing Ed Admr |
83,823 | 106,733 | 77,000 | 76,875 | 74,600 |
Chief Camp Distance Ed Admr | 84,431 | 100,000 | 76,666 | 65,545 | 83,232 |
Chief Internatl Ed Admr | 86,471 | 110,238 | 83,500 | 70,300 | 79,000 |
Chief Intnl Studies Ed Adm | 79,268 | 90,695 | 73,137 | 76,822 | * |
Chief Environ Hth & Safety Admr |
90,345 | 107,132 | 77,524 | 72,210 | 70,593 |
Chief Camp Risk Mgt & Ins Admr |
93,933 | 113,500 | 73,485 | 75,828 | 84,274 |
Chief Camp Sec Admr/ Police |
82,845 | 118,752 | 79,992 | 65,261 | 74,104 |
Dep Chief Sec/Police | 71,124 | 91,147 | 64,655 | 57,486 | 61,085 |
Chief Parking/ Transport Admr |
80,000 | 88,401 | 63,945 | 49,905 | * |
Chief Employment Admr | 74,721 | 85,845 | 66,900 | 69,498 | 74,900 |
Chief Payroll Admr | 65,920 | 85,136 | 60,024 | 54,050 | 63,432 |
Chief |
74,316 | 88,478 | 64,212 | 70,700 | 73,331 |
Chief Employee Rel Admr |
87,590 | 94,640 | 84,686 | 87,435 | 81,113 |
Chief Classif/ Comp Admr |
82,861 | 87,600 | 71,473 | 80,825 | 82,343 |
Chief HR Info Systs Admr |
81,047 | 93,524 | 69,008 | 70,686 | 80,395 |
Chief Training & Dev Admr |
82,926 | 89,164 | 73,200 | 79,312 | 78,670 |
Chief Camp Food/Dining Svs Admr | 93,178 | 111,850 | 85,833 | 89,217 | 64,311 |
Dep Chief Food/ Din Svs Adm |
71,724 | 80,651 | 61,800 | 64,050 | 46,291 |
Chief Research Park Admr | 160,270 | 170,284 | * | * | * |
Chief Camp Real Estate Admr | 120,716 | 123,316 | 94,395 | * | * |
Chief Camp Energy & Util Admr |
95,821 | 103,640 | 87,403 | 85,413 | * |
Chief Camp TeleCom/ Netw Admr |
94,348 | 117,248 | 87,300 | 86,227 | 84,580 |
Chief Camp Enterprise Applic | 106,245 | 125,000 | 97,978 | 100,518 | 94,904 |
Chief Camp Academic Computing | 90,583 | 107,956 | 86,721 | 75,827 | 80,806 |
Chief Camp Adm Computing Admr | 94,803 | 127,000 | 90,484 | 83,767 | 83,340 |
Chief Camp Research Computing | 115,796 | 115,796 | * | * | * |
Chief Camp IT Security Admr | 100,306 | 113,881 | 88,685 | 80,000 | 82,896 |
Chief Student Activ Admr |
60,000 | 75,421 | 58,976 | 50,126 | 60,631 |
Chief Student Center Admr |
79,335 | 93,500 | 67,935 | 64,877 | * |
Chief Camp Greek Life Admr | 53,078 | 57,886 | 44,402 | 42,400 | * |
Chief Camp Acad Advising Admr | 69,578 | 81,306 | 68,399 | 60,039 | 62,406 |
Chief Career Services Admr |
69,919 | 90,000 | 66,364 | 63,242 | 65,000 |
Chief Student Counsel Cntr |
82,670 | 105,000 | 76,943 | 74,614 | 69,364 |
Chief Stu Hth Cntr/ Non-Med |
91,722 | 113,263 | 81,884 | 77,900 | 55,743 |
Chief Stu Hth Cntr/ MD Admr |
163,958 | 180,000 | 142,268 | 158,013 | * |
Chief Stu Hth Ctr/ Nrs/Prac |
73,383 | 84,447 | 72,000 | 63,728 | 71,998 |
Chief Student Housing Admr |
70,206 | 99,000 | 68,000 | 56,000 | 52,498 |
Chief Annual Giving Admr |
69,712 | 84,840 | 66,033 | 62,961 | 76,473 |
Chief Corp/ Fdn Rel Admr |
85,010 | 105,325 | 78,893 | 79,296 | 82,871 |
Chief Planned Giving Admr |
99,450 | 132,189 | 92,000 | 92,298 | * |
Chief Camp Alumni Affairs Admr | 75,469 | 110,811 | 72,598 | 66,358 | 59,321 |
Chief Camp Major Gifts Admr | 92,565 | 133,280 | 83,320 | 88,589 | 76,133 |
Chief Camp Donor Rel Admr | 71,043 | 82,500 | 63,894 | 65,313 | 51,652 |
Chief Advance Svs Admr |
71,732 | 82,050 | 66,950 | 67,002 | * |
Chief Camp Fed Gov/Legis Liaisn | 142,413 | 147,716 | 129,630 | * | * |
Chief Camp State/ Loc Gov Liais |
117,000 | 130,784 | 103,796 | 98,550 | 92,561 |
Chief Camp Marketing Admr | 85,000 | 99,978 | 81,600 | 76,506 | 75,878 |
Chief Publications Admr | 73,963 | 85,905 | 65,707 | 67,861 | 77,917 |
Chief Study Abroad Admr |
73,471 | 77,656 | 69,913 | 74,186 | * |
Chief Workf/ Career Dev Adm |
87,000 | 105,864 | 75,406 | 59,200 | 95,543 |
Chief Bus Affairs Off, Coll/Div | 101,156 | 106,117 | 86,828 | 73,188 | 94,939 |
Chief HR Officer, College/Div | 80,541 | 82,676 | 70,000 | * | 77,532 |
Academic Associate/ Assistant Deans |
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A/A Dean, Agriculture | 159,650 | 161,950 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Arch/Design | 121,002 | 121,086 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters |
97,594 | 111,933 | 93,300 | * | 76,946 |
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences |
109,685 | 130,115 | 101,729 | 101,577 | 72,685 |
A/A Dean, Biological & Life Sci | 115,110 | 122,368 | 103,383 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Business | 135,030 | 167,627 | 119,991 | 81,688 | 80,734 |
A/A Dean, Computer & Info Sci | 112,706 | 159,492 | 98,700 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Continuing Ed | 92,994 | 107,911 | 90,457 | 74,351 | 77,820 |
A/A Dean, Coop Extens | 154,568 | 158,985 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Dentistry | 184,297 | 177,132 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Divinity/Relig | 102,578 | 113,329 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Education | 105,000 | 121,772 | 99,797 | 85,345 | 72,841 |
A/A Dean, Engineering | 148,784 | 156,150 | 128,383 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Ext Degr Prgms | 83,139 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Fam/Cons Sci/Hum Sci |
129,730 | 130,058 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Fine Arts | 94,779 | 104,253 | 86,471 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Forestry & Envir Stds |
122,340 | 123,165 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affrs/ Pub Pol |
136,805 | 145,000 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgms | 103,551 | 118,736 | 91,880 | 88,752 | * |
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs | 116,115 | 134,412 | 106,820 | * | 86,700 |
A/A Dean, Honors Program |
99,114 | 102,025 | 80,043 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Humanities | 106,837 | 127,039 | 95,433 | * | 78,088 |
A/A Dean, Instruction | 84,050 | * | * | * | 82,267 |
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm |
115,272 | 123,343 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Law |
155,208 | 157,016 | 153,444 | * | * |
A/A Dean Library Sci |
101,262 | 103,010 | 95,275 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Mathematics | 82,545 | * | * | * | 75,464 |
A/A Dean, Medicine | 203,609 | 210,185 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Music |
98,796 | 98,796 | 100,122 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Nursing |
114,990 | 135,046 | 106,090 | 83,671 | 78,197 |
A/A Dean, Occup/Voc Ed/Tech | 85,206 | 99,567 | * | * | 80,043 |
A/A Dean, Performing Arts | 100,000 | 100,260 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Pharmacy | 146,719 | 152,981 | 136,017 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Pub Admin |
110,311 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, |
140,000 | 157,614 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Sciences | 119,800 | 130,984 | 116,119 | * | 81,600 |
A/A Dean, Social Sciences |
100,025 | 119,636 | 88,715 | * | 74,987 |
A/A Dean, Social Work |
118,387 | 119,811 | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Special Prgms |
76,756 | 77,333 | 77,828 | * | 73,680 |
A/A Dean, Undergrad Prgms |
93,264 | 118,861 | 81,219 | 86,706 | * |
A/A Dean, Veterinary Medicine |
174,269 | 172,500 | * | * | * |