HBCU Money’s inaugural gathering of presidential salaries at the nation’s private HBCUs.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Out of 570 reported private college & universities presidential salaries’ from American colleges & universities, 58 (or 10 percent) earned more than $1 million annually in compensation.
- America’s top 5 paid private university presidents’ compensation ($16.7 million) is almost six times greater than the top 5 paid private HBCU university presidents’ ($3.07 million) on our list.
- 8 of the 11 private HBCUs present have graduate/professional programs.
Wayne Frederick – Howard University – $1,049,522
Norman Francis* – Xavier University (LA) – $631,883
William Harvey – Hampton University – $539,384
Beverly Tatum* – Spelman College – $446,334
David Carlisle – Charles Drew University (Medical) – $429,302
John Wilson – Morehouse College – $424,519
Edison Jackson – Bethune-Cookman University – $409,823
Carlton Brown* – Clark Atlanta University – $389,995
Brian Johnson – Tuskegee University – $335,000
Ronald Carter – Johnson C. Smith University – $261,899
Walter Kimbrough – Dillard University – $238,125
Ronald Johnson* – Clark Atlanta University – $234,701
C. Reynold Verret – Xavier University (LA) – $194,154
Mary Campbell* – Spelman College – $191,126
*Partial-year compensation
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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