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Median Salaries of College Administrators by Type of Institution, 2002-3

Executive	All institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	2-year
Chief executive of a system	$230,108	$285,000	$158,859	-	$174,420
Assistant to chief executive of a system	$85,000	$87,843	$72,500	-	$70,572
Chief executive of a single institution	$164,686	$250,358	$171,765	$170,000	$127,554
Assistant to president of a single institution	$77,074	$102,248	$74,000	$66,768	$58,166
Executive vice president	$125,000	$207,100	$128,961	$106,033	$103,920
Academic	All institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	2-year
Chief academic officer	$116,366	$190,000	$125,000	$109,750	$92,355
Associate chief academic officer	$91,680	$126,522	$92,709	$80,000	$78,292
Chief health-professions officer	$316,704	$338,000	$153,625	-	$103,009
Director, library services	$70,840	$121,595	$73,680	$60,735	$59,202
Acquisitions librarian	$49,186	$58,823	$46,250	$44,870	$45,180
Chief technical-services librarian	$50,177	$72,660	$48,260	$43,970	$48,662
Chief public-services librarian	$51,896	$73,778	$49,941	$46,119	$45,540
Director, institutional research	$67,056	$85,244	$64,357	$57,590	$63,049
Associate director, institutional research	$54,247	$62,417	$47,334	$41,640	$54,704
Director, educational media-services center	$54,985	$73,208	$54,910	$44,823	$53,367
Director, learning-resources center	$51,179	$64,599	$49,043	$42,400	$61,884
Director, international education	$69,005	$86,976	$66,040	$59,230	$60,171
Director, international-studies education	$57,273	$69,342	$52,711	$49,500	$64,731
Director, academic computing	$72,000	$95,945	$66,650	$61,817	$61,920
Associate director, academic computing	$61,950	$83,578	$56,916	$50,681	$62,128
Chief research officer	$154,860	$161,600	$97,740	$74,000	$88,016
Chief technology-transfer officer	$123,135	$126,889	$100,138	$77,835	-
Senior technology-licensing officer	$84,115	$84,115	$79,000	-	-
Director, sponsored research and programs	$72,625	$87,496	$66,824	$57,177	$62,927
Dean, architecture	$140,000	$144,597	$106,533	$103,196	$70,959
Dean, agriculture	$137,817	$160,000	$110,780	$90,980	$68,736
Dean, arts and letters	$97,143	$137,692	$96,596	$93,281	$73,000
Dean, arts and sciences	$105,075	$152,500	$100,994	$86,984	$70,576
Dean, business	$115,000	$181,125	$114,100	$75,006	$70,214
Dean, communications	$95,766	$138,785	$95,000	$58,968	$71,216
Dean, continuing education	$87,550	$123,882	$87,663	$71,342	$75,432
Dean, cooperative extension	$118,100	$131,516	$96,383	$50,194	$66,556
Dean, dentistry	$207,500	$223,037	$183,420	$66,133	$70,189
Dean, education	$105,000	$134,700	$97,000	$69,027	$63,092
Dean, engineering	$157,145	$174,386	$125,715	$93,600	$68,989
Dean, external degree programs	$81,240	$112,686	$83,825	$72,887	$68,964
Dean, fine arts	$104,497	$135,000	$99,580	$62,524	$78,272
Dean, graduate programs	$103,191	$129,665	$91,060	$76,923	-
Dean, health-related professions	$92,250	$134,295	$100,391	$74,259	$72,800
Dean, home economics	$138,458	$146,242	$78,918	$50,266	-
Dean, honors program	$85,436	$102,680	$72,062	$68,484	$84,162
Dean, humanities	$77,422	$149,296	$91,860	$63,131	$70,000
Dean, instruction	$80,848	-	$87,417	$66,310	$81,151
Dean, law	$199,129	$209,153	$179,400	$182,000	$58,250
Dean, library and information sciences	$109,188	$138,644	$92,017	$73,149	$68,510
Dean, mathematics	$77,284	$130,706	$82,414	$53,887	$76,155
Dean, medicine	$308,634	$320,852	$226,000	$169,128	-
Dean, music	$104,015	$127,700	$78,000	$56,618	$77,871
Dean, nursing	$93,000	$140,026	$89,864	$68,516	$67,488
Dean, occupational or vocational education	$78,865	$113,493	$97,531	$83,444	$73,890
Dean, pharmacy	$158,728	$170,000	$139,266	$140,600	$82,700
Dean, public health	$205,000	$207,614	$86,083	-	-
Dean, sciences	$90,709	$150,000	$100,464	$66,150	$74,497
Dean, social sciences	$80,481	$148,750	$95,000	$68,108	$71,413
Dean, social work	$118,500	$140,059	$96,140	$53,891	$61,632
Dean, special programs	$74,396	$79,395	$71,305	$53,300	$74,685
Dean, undergraduate programs	$99,995	$121,302	$79,568	$67,980	$89,084
Dean, veterinary medicine	$173,303	$175,000	-	-	$55,587
Director, continuing education	$60,500	$81,240	$60,732	$51,500	$57,819
Director, distance learning	$61,418	$81,637	$58,800	$57,855	$56,610
Administrative	All institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	2-year
Chief business officer	$112,952	$163,341	$118,001	$108,074	$87,555
Chief administration officer	$103,940	$160,000	$105,060	$95,250	$83,222
Chief financial officer	$94,813	$139,517	$95,386	$85,760	$78,300
Chief investment officer	$106,451	$130,000	$68,827	$92,125	$89,567
Director, environmental health and safety	$69,010	$83,567	$57,250	$53,930	$59,863
Director, telecommunications/networking	$68,616	$85,655	$63,919	$57,920	$66,746
Chief planning officer	$93,819	$122,384	$93,421	$90,500	$83,191
Chief budgeting officer	$78,000	$97,500	$73,350	$75,045	$69,632
Associate budget director	$63,620	$73,750	$58,356	$60,000	$59,614
Chief planning and budget officer	$102,005	$118,631	$82,699	$80,170	$81,405
General counsel	$117,800	$141,251	$98,031	$106,060	$110,716
Chief personnel/human-resources officer	$74,687	$104,638	$72,950	$61,500	$68,676
Associate director, personnel/human resources	$58,280	$73,023	$50,564	$52,750	$54,380
Manager, benefits	$49,920	$64,840	$44,100	$41,250	$45,450
Manager, training and development	$57,750	$63,777	$48,222	$42,000	$58,175
Manager, employee relations	$60,000	$63,500	$59,581	$50,400	$55,000
Manager, labor relations	$75,499	$80,755	$65,000	-	$65,039
Manager, employment	$52,528	$58,376	$44,659	$45,500	$47,512
Manager, wage and salary	$58,037	$63,678	$54,655	$48,000	$50,928
Manager, personnel information systems	$61,243	$67,800	$54,000	$49,000	$53,843
Director, affirmative action and equal employment	$78,390	$86,850	$68,921	$78,838	$67,052
Associate director, affirmative action and equal employment	$60,000	$62,931	$48,950	$59,430	$62,580
Director, personnel and affirmative action	$64,909	$80,073	$63,360	$56,647	$66,066
Chief information-systems officer	$90,000	$140,000	$90,400	$80,340	$75,454
Associate director, information systems	$73,134	$101,940	$69,168	$60,735	$71,954
Database administrator	$63,433	$74,760	$61,493	$51,310	$60,754
System analyst, highest level	$57,620	$64,469	$56,712	$50,552	$52,520
Director, administrative computing	$74,640	$101,969	$70,686	$67,750	$67,498
Associate director, administrative computing	$65,756	$88,023	$64,066	$51,772	$58,511
Chief physical-plant officer	$76,150	$110,500	$75,956	$67,990	$64,416
Associate director, physical plant	$61,000	$81,794	$57,602	$51,425	$54,248
Manager, landscape and grounds	$44,887	$56,950	$42,200	$41,600	$37,058
Manager, building-maintenance trades	$50,571	$61,798	$47,400	$45,222	$52,218
Manager, technical trades	$51,759	$59,627	$48,410	$45,747	$51,461
Manager, custodial services	$42,659	$56,491	$41,304	$37,726	$38,673
Manager, power plant	$55,996	$63,210	$50,691	$54,164	$51,181
Comptroller	$75,120	$103,235	$73,236	$65,000	$66,415
Manager, payroll	$47,093	$60,145	$41,990	$37,600	$44,119
Director, accounting	$60,852	$78,780	$59,057	$50,448	$53,659
Bursar	$53,056	$70,600	$50,936	$43,031	$48,519
Associate bursar	$43,995	$50,000	$38,900	$38,319	$43,578
Director, purchasing	$58,775	$78,301	$56,150	$50,017	$54,110
Associate director, purchasing	$50,100	$58,007	$44,570	$42,462	$46,160
Director, bookstore	$46,389	$69,880	$45,937	$40,000	$46,303
Associate director, bookstore	$38,094	$52,190	$34,900	$34,575	$41,654
Director, internal audit	$72,448	$82,560	$63,240	$73,300	$57,915
Director, auxiliary services	$73,730	$97,758	$69,937	$68,615	$58,434
Director, campus security	$57,680	$83,531	$56,000	$46,584	$50,830
Director, risk management and insurance	$69,300	$74,700	$60,036	$63,640	$59,863
Administrator, hospital medical center	$300,792	$300,792	-	-	-
Public-relations director, hospital medical center	$109,525	$109,525	-	-	-
Personnel director, hospital medical center	$108,340	$108,340	-	-	-
External affairs	All institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	2-year
Chief development officer	$105,500	$153,370	$105,896	$100,970	$71,078
Director, annual giving	$50,455	$64,938	$48,000	$48,844	$49,233
Director, corporate and foundation relations	$62,400	$81,243	$55,665	$60,000	$65,648
Director, planned giving	$69,470	$87,390	$63,620	$64,274	$53,216
Chief public-relations officer	$70,000	$110,000	$66,300	$61,915	$56,700
Director, governmental relations	$98,267	$103,498	$86,088	$74,045	$89,590
Chief development and public-relations officer	$108,150	$153,356	$107,004	$106,650	$68,732
Director, alumni affairs	$55,300	$84,020	$53,000	$48,080	$45,000
Director, development and alumni affairs	$70,563	$92,198	$72,030	$61,393	$61,150
Director, major gifts	$69,388	$85,139	$63,345	$68,096	$60,108
Director, church relations	$48,658	$77,425	$55,428	$45,500	$42,500
Director, community services	$50,737	$72,692	$44,612	$46,844	$52,495
Director, publications	$53,525	$65,065	$50,400	$47,802	$51,485
Associate director, publications	$44,851	$50,442	$41,974	$41,200	$42,865
Manager, printing services	$45,000	$59,137	$41,996	$35,855	$42,258
Director, information office	$53,931	$76,321	$53,292	$47,075	$51,438
Director, news bureau	$48,489	$62,853	$44,329	$40,945	$42,983
Student services	All institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	2-year
Chief student-affairs officer	$93,246	$140,000	$96,124	$85,908	$79,920
Associate chief student-affairs officer	$71,750	$97,688	$71,109	$53,256	$65,640
Dean, students	$72,823	$91,301	$66,150	$58,000	$72,023
Chief admissions officer	$68,000	$85,841	$65,000	$66,800	$53,525
Associate director, admissions	$46,329	$56,844	$43,740	$43,200	$44,256
Director, academic advising	$52,194	$63,748	$50,950	$48,880	$49,833
Director, admissions and registrar	$63,180	$90,900	$68,419	$53,962	$59,696
Registrar	$59,206	$80,922	$58,159	$51,960	$52,154
Associate registrar	$45,000	$56,665	$41,000	$38,971	$45,444
Assistant registrar	$35,955	$44,078	$34,625	$32,939	$38,852
Director, admissions and financial aid	$80,945	$89,075	$79,978	$85,000	$63,998
Director, student financial aid	$60,356	$80,107	$60,129	$54,036	$56,180
Associate director, student financial aid	$44,000	$55,999	$42,362	$38,355	$41,706
Director, food services	$65,000	$79,869	$59,943	$64,814	$49,773
Associate director, food services	$51,865	$65,104	$43,680	$46,610	$37,513
Director, student housing	$52,132	$79,316	$49,920	$42,835	$40,268
Associate director, student housing	$43,846	$56,275	$40,000	$33,900	$39,364
Housing officer, administrative operations	$45,767	$55,902	$41,395	$34,640	$34,076
Housing officer, residence life	$37,600	$54,250	$35,131	$28,884	$32,966
Director, student union and student activities	$56,184	$67,282	$54,484	$46,086	$46,239
Director, foreign students	$47,398	$58,241	$45,000	$40,135	$42,474
Director, student union	$60,476	$72,560	$53,375	$47,270	$38,303
Associate director, student union	$46,758	$52,584	$41,529	$33,774	$46,854
Director, student activities	$43,340	$52,439	$42,592	$36,421	$51,581
Director, career development and placement	$52,233	$68,410	$49,519	$46,575	$49,000
Director, student counseling	$60,743	$76,113	$55,493	$53,953	$58,514
Associate director, student counseling	$51,957	$60,812	$46,620	$45,283	$48,890
Director, student health services, physician	$119,034	$128,852	$102,632	$101,780	$81,822
Director, student health services, nurse	$51,157	$65,293	$50,240	$43,602	$45,705
Director, campus ministries	$47,862	$63,704	$44,444	$49,508	$45,788
Director, athletics	$77,959	$138,125	$76,930	$66,100	$58,092
Director, men's athletics	$68,980	$80,000	$49,284	$66,663	$42,455
Director, women's athletics	$57,612	$72,967	$49,815	$51,150	$48,459
Director, sports information	$38,470	$50,627	$37,113	$32,804	$41,042
Director, campus recreation	$48,413	$62,468	$44,700	$37,000	$40,652
Chief, enrollment management	$88,550	$109,970	$89,198	$87,534	$62,447
Director, minority affairs	$50,019	$60,866	$48,784	$43,783	$48,610
Director, conferences	$49,067	$63,755	$44,401	$41,764	$57,306
Note: © 2003 by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. All rights reserved. Contact CUPA-HR for permission to reprint the data. The fgures are based on the reports from 1,415 public and private colleges and universities. The fgures are meant to provide a broad overview of salaries in higher education. A dash indicates insuffcient data. Doctoral institutions are characterized by a signifcant level and breadth of activity in doctoral-level education; master's institutions have diverse post-baccalaureate programs but are not engaged in signifcant doctoral-level education; baccalaureate colleges have primary emphasis on bachelor's-level education; two-year institutions confer mostly associate degrees.
SOURCE: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources