Highest Paid Public College Presidents

Highest Paid Public College Presidents

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E Gordon Gee, $1.9 million

Ohio State University

Base salary: $830,000

Bonus pay: $143,179; $875,000 set aside in deferred compensation

Perks: house, car ($9,000)

Tenure: 2007-present
In-state tuition and fees: $9,700

*Gee retired from Ohio State in July 2013, and starting in January will serve as interim president of West Virginia University until the latter school hires a replacement for Jim Clements who will leave at the end of this year.

Reuters/Ohio State University