Four Virginia college presidents rank in top 100 of highest-paid in U.S.

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Also in today's paper: University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao are two of the highest-paid public college presidents in the U.S. https://richmond.com/news/virginia/four-virginia-college-presidents-rank-in-top-100-of-highest-paid-in-u-s/article_902b4fa3-14bb-583f-a9a3-0585aa7782e9.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share via
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Four Virginia college presidents rank in top 100 of highest-paid in U.S.

By JUSTIN MATTINGLY Richmond Times-Dispatch 4 hrs ago

University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao are two of the highest-paid public college presidents in the U.S.

That’s according to The Chronicle of Higher Education, which released its annual rankings of public college president salaries on Friday. William & Mary President Katherine Rowe and Virginia Tech President Tim Sands also placed in the top 100, which looked at how much presidents earned in 2019.

To make the rankings, The Chronicle, which is the country’s largest publication dedicated to covering colleges and universities, calculates how much presidents bring in during a full calendar year, including base pay, bonuses and severance, among other things.

Ryan, who started leading UVA in 2018, earned the seventh-most of any public college president, according to the rankings, bringing in $1,188,910. That includes $760,909 in base pay and $100,000 in bonuses.

The former Harvard Graduate School of Education dean did not rank high in the 2018 list, earning $460,956, according to The Chronicle, but former UVA leader Teresa Sullivan earned $668,804 that year. Ryan took office Aug. 1, 2018.

In the 2018-19 fiscal year, Ryan earned $962,875, according to the state salaries database compiled by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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1. Well yeah, UVa is the reigning basketball champion

so Ryan deserves it.

VCU alum here. 😁

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2. If the President saves $500 million, or increases gifts $200 million, I won't complain

They manage huge budgets and create knowledge worth a fortune. If the average CEO earns $16 million I think it is worth paying a talented College president millions.