Former University of Texas system chief executive received $2.6 million in total compensation in 2018, highest in U.S.

William H. McRaven, former chief executive at the University of Texas system, earned $2,578,609 in total compensation last year, the highest pay among executives at nearly 250 U.S. public universities and systems ranked in a Chronicle of Higher Education study.

Total compensation can include base pay, bonus compensation, nontaxable benefits and other pay, according to the analysis. In addition, university presidents and chancellors can receive benefits such as access to a house and university car.

The study also provides readers with interactive tools to compare executives’ pay with tuition and fees charged to students and professor pay.

In some cases, more than one university top executive served in the position in a given year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Data from executives’ tenures and backgrounds originated from university websites, newspaper reports and college offices.

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The 100 Highest Paid University Executives in U.S.

University Executive	School	State	Total Salary	Rank
William H. McRaven	University of Texas system	Texas	$2,578,609	1
Michael K. Young	Texas A&M University at College Station	Texas	$1,893,740	2
Eric J. Barron	Pennsylvania State University at University Park	Pennsylvania	$1,854,881	3
Eli Capilouto	University of Kentucky	Kentucky	$1,534,806	4
Renu Khator	University of Houston	Texas	$1,399,581	5
John Sharp	Texas A&M University system	Texas	$1,358,440	6
Robert L. Duncan	Texas Tech University	Texas	$1,351,282	7
G.P. (Bud) Peterson	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia	$1,240,232	8
Michael V. Drake	Ohio State University	Ohio	$1,206,751	9
Michael M. Crow	Arizona State University	Arizona	$1,148,457	10
W. Kent Fuchs	University of Florida	Florida	$1,131,114	11
Anthony A. Frank	Colorado State University at Fort Collins	Colorado	$1,110,339	12
Ana Mari Cauce	University of Washington	Washington	$1,071,083	13
Gregory Postel	University of Louisville	Kentucky	$1,061,435	14
Harris Pastides	University of South Carolina at Columbia	South Carolina	$1,046,899	15
John E. Thrasher	Florida State University	Florida	$1,030,928	16
James P. Clements	Clemson University	South Carolina	$1,016,773	17
David W. Pershing	University of Utah	Utah	$991,381	18
Tedd L. Mitchell	Texas Tech University system	Texas	$982,692	19
Brian McCall	Texas State University system	Texas	$969,410	20
Robert C. Robbins	University of Arizona	Arizona	$934,646	21
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr.	Purdue University at West Lafayette	Indiana	$926,559	22
Gregory L. Fenves	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	$914,355	23
Michael A. McRobbie	Indiana University system	Indiana	$909,185	24
E. Gordon Gee	West Virginia University	West Virginia	$902,952	25
Judy L. Genshaft	University of Florida	Florida	$901,866	26
Ruth Watkins	University of Utah	Utah	$894,728	27
Margaret Spellings	University of North Carolina	North Carolina	$893,631	28
Richard Englert	Temple University	Pennsylvania	$875,616	29
Robert L. Barchi	Rutgers University	New Jersey	$870,644	30
Susan Herbst	University of Connecticut	Connecticut	$869,358	31
W. Randolph Woodson	North Carolina State University	North Carolina	$866,723	32
Jeffrey P. Gold	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Nebraska	$849,775	33
Mark S. Schlissel	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Michigan	$848,505	34
Brooks A. Keel	Augusta University	Georgia	$841,848	35
Beverly Davenport	University of Tennessee at Knoxville	Tennessee	$821,517	36
Martin T. Meehan	University of Tennessee at Knoxville	Tennessee	$821,517	37
Martin T. Meehan	University of Massachusetts system	Massachusetts	$817,467	38
Michael H. Schill	University of Oregon	Oregon	$798,285	39
Neville Pinto	University of Cincinnati	Ohio	$788,268	40
Lesa B. Roe	University of North Texas system	Texas	$784,903	41
Lou Anna K. Simon	Michigan State University	Michigan	$782,700	42
Rahmat Shoureshi	Portland State University	Oregon	$782,100	43
Michael Rao	Virginia Commonwealth University	Virginia	$778,967	44
Joel S. Bloom	New Jersey Institute of Technology	New Jersey	$762,884	45
Ali A. Houshmand	Rowan University	New Jersey	$753,141	46
Carol L. Folt	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	$748,505	47
Satish K. Tripathi	University at Buffalo	New York	$746,808	48
Samuel L. Stanley Jr.	Stony Brook University	New York	$746,517	49
John W. Kelly	Florida Atlantic University	Florida	$734,694	50
Eric W. Kaler	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	$724,668	51
Robert Jones	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	$720,308	52
Timothy Killeen	University of Illinois system	Illinois	$719,027	53
Mark B. Rosenberg	Florida International University	Florida	$713,698	54
Robert L. Caret	University System of Maryland	Maryland	$706,573	55
Edward J. Ray	Oregon State University	Oregon	$697,753	56
Rita Cheng	Northern Arizona University	Arizona	$695,809	57
Steven Leath	Auburn University	Alabama	$692,394	58
Wallace D. Loh	University of Maryland at College Park	Maryland	$685,090	59
Joseph A. DiPietro	University of Tennessee system	Tennessee	$684,477	60
Kristina M. Johnson	State University of New York system	New York	$674,220	61
Patrick Gallagher	University of Pittsburgh main campus	Pennsylvania	$673,668	62
F. King Alexander	Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge	Louisiana	$672,134	63
Teresa A. Sullivan	University of Virginia	Virginia	$665,968	64
Doug A. Girod	University of Kansas	Kansas	$659,067	65
Jere W. Morehead	University of Georgia	Georgia	$648,699	66
M. Duane Nellis	Ohio University	Ohio	$644,717	67
Ronald M. Berkman	Cleveland State University	Ohio	$639,644	68
Tony G. Waldrop	University of South Alabama	Alabama	$637,307	69
Kirk H. Schulz	Washington State University	Washington	$635,974	70
M. Roy Wilson	Wayne State University	Michigan	$630,000	71
Lawrence Schovanec	Texas Tech University	Texas	$629,685	72
Janet A. Napolitano	University of California system	California	$627,000	73
John R. Broderick	Old Dominion University	Virginia	$623,734	74
James Bruce Harreld	University of Iowa	Iowa	$623,056	75
W. Taylor Reveley III	College of William & Mary	Virginia	$617,149	76
Susan Cole	Montclair State University	New Jersey	$617,109	77
Havidan Rodriguez	University at Albany	Alabama	$616,306	78
Timothy D. Sands	Virginia Tech	Virginia	$611,329	79
Jeffrey S. Vitter	University of Mississippi	Mississippi	$608,963	80
Randy J. Dunn	Southern Illinois University system office	Illinois	$608,748	81
Sharon L. Gaber	University of Toledo	Ohio	$605,746	82
Mark P. Becker	Georgia State University	Georgia	$604,633	83
Beverly J. Warren	Kent State University at Kent	Ohio	$600,812	84
Angel Cabrera	George Mason University	Virginia	$599,320	85
Kenneth R. Evans	Lamar University	Texas	$595,916	86
Mark E. Keenum	Mississippi State University	Mississippi	$595,241	87
Carol T. Christ	University of California at Berkeley	California	$592,446	88
Paul C. Johnson	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	$590,548	89
Neal J. Smatresk	University of North Texas system	Texas	$586,966	90
Cecil P. Staton	East Carolina University	North Carolina	$578,627	91
Mark W. Huddleston	University of New Hampshire	New Hampshire	$576,065	92
Richard Myers	Kansas State University	Kansas	$574,948	93
Mun Choi	University of Missouri system	Missouri	$574,767	94
William R. Beekman	Michigan State University	Michigan	$572,078	95
Denise Trauth	Texas State University system	Texas	$567,987	96
Wendy Wintersteen	Iowa State University	Iowa	$562,216	97
Thomas Taylor Eighmy	University of Texas at San Antonio	Texas	$560,940	98
Dale Whittaker	Binghamton University	New York	$556,970	99
Hank M. Bounds	University of Nebraska system	Nebraska	$556,446	100

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

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