The survey asked comprehensive questions such as identifying the highest-paid deans to plans for future hiring. For instance, less than 1 percent of the schools said they would be authorized to “significantly” hire more employees next year.
Salaries in the survey were organized into 11 job categories: senior executive officers, chief functional officers, academic deans, academic associate/assistant deans, academic affairs, business and administrative affairs, human resources, information technology, athletics, student affairs and external affairs.
Although the majority of schools stated directors received no salary increases this year, several positions pay more than what was reported in last year’s survey. They include:
- dean of medicine — median salary at $427,727 this year; $386,561 last year
- vice provost — median salary at $152,114 this year; $148,833 last year
- chief audit officer — median salary at $100,563 this year; $98,774 last year
- associate director of athletics — median salary at $69,112 this year; $67, 487 last year
Meanwhile, 36 percent of the 57,089 paired salaries from 2008-09 and 2009-10 highlighted a median increase of 3 percent.
Employees at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, were eligible for up to a 2.5 percent merit increase, said spokeswoman Lisa Albert. In a Jan. 21 letter to employees, TCU Chancellor Dr. Victor Boschini said the school’s work force over the past five years increased from 1,551 to 1,820. “TCU has remained steadfast in addressing compensation, keeping positions competitive in the market place,” he said.
Half of this year’s respondents are from public institutions and half are from private institutions, ranging from schools offering doctoral programs to community colleges.
