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The median base salary for senior leaders at colleges and universities has gone up 2.4 percent in 2014-15, the same as the year before.
Also for the second year in a row, the gains for administrators at public institutions have slightly outpaced those at private institutions (2.5 percent to 2.3 percent this year and last). The prior two years, however, gains were greater at private institutions than at public ones.
These figures come from data being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
The following bar chart shows the averages across titles in the survey for all institutions, public and private.
Continuing a pattern of recent years, raises were a bit higher (on a percentage basis) at research universities and community colleges than at other institutions. And the base is higher at research universities.
The raises may be particularly notable this year, even if they are small, because the drop in gas prices has effectively flattened inflation rates.
Following is a table with the unweighted median salary for various job titles and institutional sectors (not broken out by public and private).
Research Univs | Other Doctoral | Master's | Bacc. | Assoc. | |
CEO, System | $500,040 | * | $416,853 | * | $298,700 |
CEO, Single Inst/ Campus in Syst |
450,000 | 367,640 | 291,000 | 275,058 | 187,595 |
Exec VP/ Vice Chanc. |
381,655 | 318,500 | 185,085 | 152,880 | 153,750 |
Chief Acad Officer/ Prov |
336,563 | 230,488 | 192,000 | 161,625 | 131,200 |
Chief Bus. Officer |
276,861 | 215,595 | 180,353 | 163,308 | 128,151 |
Chief Athletics Admr |
275,000 | 159,650 | 115,000 | 95,285 | 79,562 |
Chief Audit Officer |
140,000 | 110,080 | 89,790 | 87,195 | 104,772 |
Chief Dev/ Advance Offcr |
282,180 | 210,120 | 160,043 | 151,949 | 107,629 |
Chief Enrollment Mgt Offcr |
185,520 | 163,300 | 138,000 | 132,600 | 98,922 |
Chief Exten/ Engagemt Officer |
196,715 | * | 107,100 | 84,288 | 108,829 |
Chief External Affairs Officer |
220,909 | 185,200 | 139,295 | 139,616 | 140,814 |
Chief Facilities Officer |
181,590 | 137,334 | 110,334 | 95,098 | 95,817 |
Chief Financial Officer |
250,000 | 228,888 | 148,840 | 145,000 | 123,755 |
Chief Health Affairs Offcr |
648,336 | * | 112,796 | 74,319 | 99,921 |
Chief Human Resources Offcr |
172,199 | 143,000 | 104,752 | 91,439 | 102,991 |
Chief Info/ IT Officer |
229,500 | 173,626 | 129,162 | 111,092 | 112,430 |
Chief Instal Planning Officer |
199,067 | 162,861 | 130,334 | 133,320 | 106,394 |
Chief Instal Research Officer |
127,579 | 107,588 | 88,185 | 82,000 | 85,457 |
Chief Investmt Officer |
306,052 | 157,304 | 109,262 | 231,577 | * |
Chief Legal Affairs Officer |
231,585 | 207,756 | 163,810 | 169,116 | 147,920 |
Chief Library Officer |
200,500 | 125,228 | 94,624 | 78,769 | 73,348 |
Chief Pub Relations Officer |
188,700 | 135,000 | 101,565 | 95,634 | 84,636 |
Chief Research Officer |
278,132 | 175,000 | 152,344 | 87,480 | 92,121 |
Chief Stu Affairs/ Life Officer |
212,665 | 166,701 | 138,059 | 121,896 | 110,355 |
Academic Deans | |||||
Dean Agric. |
248,500 | * | 147,000 | * | * |
Dean Architect./ Design |
227,493 | * | 155,893 | * | * |
Dean Arts & Letters |
183,000 | 179,557 | 132,127 | 109,650 | 96,853 |
Dean Arts & Sciences |
250,258 | 188,600 | 142,000 | 115,566 | 93,910 |
Dean Biol. and Life Sci |
259,987 | * | 144,048 | 106,068 | 94,225 |
Dean Business |
334,130 | 202,056 | 165,553 | 125,000 | 100,312 |
Dean Computer and Info Sci |
247,540 | 233,638 | 137,917 | * | 91,029 |
Dean Contin. Ed |
178,204 | 135,487 | 120,000 | 100,000 | 95,547 |
Dean Coop Extension |
201,110 | * | * | * | * |
Dean Dentistry | 338,590 | * | * | * | * |
Dean Divinity/ Religion |
165,000 | 106,575 | 96,784 | 89,463 | * |
Dean Education | 210,636 | 163,165 | 135,527 | 96,551 | 107,779 |
Dean Engin. |
286,989 | 228,094 | 190,210 | 115,415 | 97,161 |
Dean External Degree Prgms |
* | * | * | * | 93,328 |
Dean Family/ Consum Sci |
214,894 | * | * | * | * |
Dean Fine Arts |
201,650 | 175,455 | 135,796 | 113,021 | 103,429 |
Dean Forestry & Environ Studies |
220,648 | * | 149,525 | * | * |
Dean Gov/ Pub Affrs/ Pub Pol |
271,039 | * | * | * | * |
Dean Graduate School |
198,870 | 153,049 | 125,062 | 99,441 | * |
Dean Hth- Related Profess. |
201,473 | 171,857 | 145,716 | 103,759 | 100,500 |
Dean Honors Program |
151,260 | 136,002 | 110,008 | * | * |
Dean Humanities | 233,204 | * | 137,926 | 102,207 | 100,102 |
Dean Instruction | * | * | * | 93,354 | 97,210 |
Dean Journ./ Mass Comm |
211,080 | 201,250 | 145,478 | * | 105,437 |
Dean Law | 318,888 | 332,500 | 271,830 | * | * |
Dean Library Sciences |
179,507 | 138,579 | 120,009 | * | 88,223 |
Dean Mathe- matics |
* | * | 152,973 | * | 100,644 |
Dean Medicine |
525,966 | 494,425 | 372,750 | * | * |
Dean Music |
203,500 | * | 132,110 | 121,768 | * |
Dean Nursing |
236,688 | 170,207 | 128,633 | 101,122 | 95,780 |
Dean Occup Studies/ Voc Ed/ Tech |
141,856 | * | 136,685 | 92,000 | 96,336 |
Dean Performing Arts |
210,000 | * | 162,564 | * | * |
Dean Pharmacy | 273,000 | 234,845 | 207,875 | 220,000 | * |
Dean Pub Admin | * | * | * | * | * |
Dean Pub Health | 310,000 | * | * | * | * |
Dean Sciences |
248,066 | 170,866 | 139,214 | 107,594 | 95,254 |
Dean Social Sciences |
252,340 | * | 137,226 | 93,641 | 92,036 |
Dean Social Work |
212,205 | * | 129,771 | * | * |
Dean Special Programs |
* | * | 128,800 | 112,366 | 86,374 |
Dean Undergrad Programs | 190,300 | 141,143 | 117,784 | 104,752 | 94,739 |
Dean Veterinary Medicine | 269,996 | * | * | * | * |
Dean of Students | 130,029 | 114,730 | 92,006 | 82,749 | 91,109 |
Institutional Administrators | |||||
Chief |
164,000 | 132,000 | 98,800 | 93,000 | 89,647 |
Chief Admin Officer |
244,800 | 192,800 | 150,000 | 139,163 | 130,000 |
Chief Architect |
137,000 | 110,217 | 101,507 | 118,128 | 110,497 |
Chief Auxiliary Services Officr |
141,974 | 113,173 | 91,909 | 91,522 | 84,657 |
Chief Budget Officer |
151,500 | 115,025 | 105,105 | 99,223 | 92,184 |
Chief Purchas. Officer |
112,759 | 95,411 | 77,025 | 73,606 | 78,036 |
Chief EO/ AA Officer |
117,477 | 95,130 | 93,663 | 81,970 | 92,277 |
Chief Diversity Officer |
162,745 | 120,398 | 100,634 | 95,275 | 90,247 |
Chief Hospital Admr |
476,466 | * | * | * | * |
Chief Veterinary Hospital Admr |
173,139 | * | * | * | * |
Chief Student Admiss Officr |
123,491 | 101,004 | 87,439 | 81,980 | 73,730 |
Chief Student Fin Aid Officer |
114,930 | 94,823 | 82,451 | 73,537 | 76,188 |
Chief Student Registr/ Rec Off |
119,099 | 90,069 | 81,196 | 71,644 | 73,950 |
Chief Tech Transfer |
182,151 | * | * | * | * |
Chief |
128,750 | 92,700 | 90,169 | 85,050 | 88,017 |
Chief Contracts Grants Admr |
101,360 | 82,400 | 74,529 | 67,500 | 81,417 |
Deputy Chief Library Officer |
114,766 | 85,353 | 77,436 | 65,523 | 74,457 |
Deputy Chief, Student Affairs |
132,200 | 112,520 | 88,605 | 80,800 | 87,904 |
Associate VP/VC for Research | 182,682 | 131,000 | 96,406 | * | 90,175 |
Deputy Provost |
212,592 | 178,000 | 141,680 | 135,000 | 132,208 |
Associate Provost | 172,563 | 155,009 | 128,176 | 109,253 | 99,870 |
Assistant Provost | 128,638 | 106,442 | 102,434 | 87,850 | 100,535 |
Chief of Staff |
195,000 | 132,951 | 130,545 | 119,000 | 104,953 |
Heads of Divisions, Departments & Centers | |||||
Dep Chief Financial Officer | 153,138 | 82,000 | 104,606 | 98,404 | 96,611 |
Dep Chief Facilities Officer | 119,122 | 102,001 | 84,355 | 76,310 | 73,985 |
Dep Chief HR Officer |
118,453 | 93,462 | 77,240 | 73,585 | 78,991 |
Dep Chief Info/IT Officer |
154,127 | 132,439 | 102,854 | 87,160 | 97,414 |
Dep Chief Athletics Officer | 121,517 | 93,570 | 71,769 | 63,712 | 75,886 |
Dep Chief Advance/ Dev Offcr |
193,863 | 124,613 | 106,575 | 113,908 | 96,900 |
Dep Chief Budget Officer |
117,150 | 89,577 | 86,080 | 82,280 | 84,500 |
Bursar | 101,927 | 80,045 | 69,248 | 62,660 | 68,570 |
Chief Bookstore Admr | 100,000 | 65,858 | 65,595 | 55,849 | 64,636 |
Chief Contin. Ed Admr |
123,998 | 97,329 | 77,536 | 73,138 | 87,648 |
Chief Distance Ed Admr |
105,350 | 86,388 | 77,271 | 68,000 | 88,857 |
Chief Internatl Ed Admr |
115,566 | 100,171 | 83,232 | 70,177 | 79,250 |
Chief Intnl Studies Ed Adm |
95,750 | 76,530 | 70,326 | 80,672 | * |
Chief Environ Hth & Safety Admr |
115,057 | 91,592 | 78,899 | 75,957 | 76,000 |
Chief Risk Mgt & Ins Admr |
115,694 | 97,368 | 77,184 | 80,175 | 81,413 |
Chief Sec Admr/ Police |
126,304 | 100,190 | 83,108 | 67,874 | 75,360 |
Dep Chief Camp Sec/Police | 99,085 | 78,382 | 65,000 | 59,904 | 64,311 |
Chief Park/ Transport Admr |
97,121 | 70,545 | 63,261 | 64,832 | 70,363 |
Chief Employmt Admr |
90,000 | 72,929 | 65,800 | 65,885 | 75,850 |
Chief Payroll Admr |
91,283 | 75,350 | 62,000 | 57,463 | 65,920 |
Chief Benefits Admr |
102,425 | 82,576 | 68,131 | 73,200 | 75,555 |
Chief Camp Employee Rel Admr |
99,952 | 83,217 | 90,000 | 88,382 | 85,990 |
Chief Camp Classif & Comp Admr |
99,392 | 75,168 | 72,270 | 88,689 | 85,507 |
Chief HR Info Systs Admr |
99,973 | 90,311 | 71,359 | 70,794 | 82,449 |
Chief Training & Dev Admr |
94,510 | 77,500 | 77,266 | 81,957 | 72,967 |
Chief |
115,806 | 89,900 | 86,877 | 91,286 | 66,560 |
Dep Chief Camp Food/Din Svc Adm |
85,167 | * | 74,086 | 67,090 | 54,716 |
Chief Research Park Admr |
172,399 | * | * | * | * |
Chief Real Estate Admr |
126,400 | * | 104,518 | 112,729 | * |
Chief Energy & Util Admr |
108,864 | 76,786 | 85,061 | 85,400 | 85,602 |
Chief TeleCom/ Netw Admr |
122,539 | 102,146 | 89,624 | 91,915 | 86,753 |
Chief Enterprise Applic |
132,495 | 112,940 | 98,990 | 100,518 | 98,320 |
Chief Academic Computing |
115,896 | 100,435 | 90,000 | 79,122 | 86,543 |
Chief Admin Computing Admr |
130,513 | 100,655 | 97,850 | 86,751 | 82,800 |
Chief Camp Research Computing | 117,936 | * | * | * | * |
Chief IT Security Admr |
129,901 | 102,000 | 92,000 | 83,837 | 81,907 |
Chief Student Activ Admr |
83,250 | 71,327 | 60,028 | 51,936 | 62,220 |
Chief Camp Student Cntr Admr | 98,073 | 77,174 | 68,724 | 51,042 | 52,966 |
Chief Camp Greek Life Admr | 63,200 | 49,683 | 45,510 | 48,690 | * |
Chief Camp Acad Advising Admr |
89,000 | 83,186 | 69,154 | 61,840 | 65,256 |
Chief Camp Career Services Admr |
99,410 | 74,500 | 68,134 | 65,000 | 66,630 |
Chief Camp Student Counsel Cntr |
108,238 | 93,948 | 79,027 | 76,492 | 70,174 |
Chief Camp Stu Hth Cntr- Non-Med |
115,684 | 103,004 | 85,717 | 84,240 | 77,400 |
Chief Camp Stu Hth Cntr-MD Admr |
187,562 | 147,293 | 144,462 | 163,945 | * |
Chief Camp Stu Hth Ctr-Nrs/ Prac |
94,438 | 85,494 | 77,848 | 63,871 | 74,804 |
Chief Student Housing Admr |
111,100 | 88,524 | 70,719 | 56,940 | 51,818 |
Chief Annual Giving Admr |
85,800 | 77,903 | 68,541 | 65,586 | 76,551 |
Chief |
123,534 | 88,000 | 78,795 | 81,931 | 84,555 |
Chief Planned Giving Admr |
139,829 | 109,592 | 92,573 | 92,775 | * |
Chief Alumni Affairs Admr |
130,000 | 90,300 | 73,875 | 72,180 | 62,810 |
Chief Major Gifts Admr |
156,749 | 104,354 | 87,000 | 92,563 | 76,122 |
Chief Donor Rel Admr |
90,960 | 77,142 | 67,605 | 67,792 | 72,520 |
Chief Advance Svs Admr |
91,350 | 75,886 | 71,541 | 72,310 | * |
Chief Fed Gov/ Legis Liaisn |
156,607 | * | 120,739 | * | * |
Chief State/Loc Gov Liais |
141,982 | 107,583 | 105,588 | 105,000 | 89,663 |
Chief Marketing Admr |
111,395 | 99,576 | 85,625 | 77,500 | 78,327 |
Chief Pubs Admr |
91,099 | 81,968 | 68,022 | 69,343 | 80,668 |
Chief Camp Study Abroad Admr |
81,340 | 66,537 | 68,635 | 73,414 | 73,000 |
Chief Workf/ Career Dev Adm |
168,537 | * | 72,940 | 62,962 | 90,045 |
Chief Bus Affairs Off, Coll/Div | 103,560 | 112,705 | 85,176 | 88,631 | 102,578 |
Chief HR Officer, College/Div | 87,824 | * | 102,463 | * | 79,871 |
Academic Associate/ Assistant Deans |
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A/A Dean, Agriculture | 163,218 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Arch/ Design |
126,976 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters |
112,895 | * | 91,301 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences |
133,001 | 108,225 | 104,436 | 98,443 | 77,032 |
A/A Dean, Biological & Life Sci | 137,977 | * | 108,375 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Business | 178,709 | 133,656 | 127,454 | 97,850 | 80,021 |
A/A Dean, Computer Info Sci |
143,406 | * | * | * | 79,938 |
A/A Dean, Contin Ed | 110,268 | 95,240 | 94,090 | 59,958 | 82,018 |
A/A Dean, Coop Extens |
149,469 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Dentistry | 166,000 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Divinity/ Relig |
112,610 | * | * | 71,750 | * |
A/A Dean, Education | 131,775 | 109,504 | 100,147 | 90,090 | 74,830 |
A/A Dean, Engnring | 161,358 | 127,912 | 134,160 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Ext Degr Prgms |
* | * | 72,000 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Fam/ Cons Sci/ Hum Sci |
138,471 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Fine Arts | 119,645 | 92,446 | 92,264 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Forestry & Envir Stds | 120,112 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affrs/ Pub Pol |
155,369 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgms | 125,385 | 106,600 | 88,864 | 86,867 | * |
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs | 142,975 | 123,247 | 110,000 | * | 86,388 |
A/A Dean, Honors Program | 114,864 | 100,000 | 73,617 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Humanities | 140,245 | * | 99,980 | * | 77,369 |
A/A Dean, Instruction | * | * | * | * | 89,937 |
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm |
122,656 | * | 117,255 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Law | 158,006 | 163,345 | 151,567 | * | * |
A/A Dean Library Sci | 108,999 | 98,262 | 96,466 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Math | * | * | * | * | 78,162 |
A/A Dean, Medicine | 215,137 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Music | 102,464 | * | 84,077 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Nursing |
134,850 | 112,233 | 103,173 | 88,589 | 82,045 |
A/A Dean, Occup/Voc Ed/Tech | * | * | * | * | 79,368 |
A/A Dean, Performing Arts | 149,790 | * | 102,747 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Pharmacy | 167,239 | * | 138,924 | 129,002 | * |
A/A Dean, Pub Admin | * | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Pub Health | 164,377 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Sciences | 143,758 | 113,353 | 113,520 | * | 83,232 |
A/A Dean, Social Sciences | 140,016 | 115,500 | 91,124 | * | * |
A/A Dean, Social Work |
125,400 | * | * | * | * |
A/A Dean, Special Prgms |
* | * | 88,561 | * | 73,680 |
A/A Dean, Undergrad Prgms |
118,245 | * | 87,500 | 95,678 | 65,650 |
A/A Dean, Vet Med |
177,333 | * | * | * | * |
**Research Universities are doctorate-granting institutions that Carnegie has classified as having either high or very high research activity (RU/H or RU/VH). Other Doctoral are Doctoral/Research Universities (DRU) that have a lower level of research activity. |