How UMass Presidents’ Pay Stacks Up Nationwide
University of Massachusetts President Robert Caret’s compensation of $592,921 in the 2013 fiscal year was good for 59th among public college heads in the U.S., according to a database compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Caret oversees the entire UMass system. The leaders of individual campuses made less. UMass Amherst leader Kumble Subbaswamy ranked 134th ($400,664), UMass Lowell’s Martin Meehan ranked 140th ($391,896), and UMass Boston’s J. Keith Motley ($332,402) ranked 188th, according to the list.
The list’s median compensation was about $420,000.
The list did not include UMass Dartmouth’s Divina Grossman, but the Standard-Times of New Bedford reported that she made $265,999 in the 2012-2013 school year, which would have been good for 216th on the list.
Nor did the list include UMass Medical School chancellor Michael Collins, who led all Massachusetts state employees with earnings of $816,601 in 2013. The Medical School’s dean, Terence Flotte, ranks second and earned more than $730,000 in 2013.
The list ranked only the heads of public school systems with at least three campuses and 50,000 total students, so it does not include other Massachusetts state colleges.
Caret’s compensation was the highest of all New England public college executives on the list. Ohio State University’s E. Gordon Gee far and away topped the list after earning more than $6 million, though his base salary was significantly lower at $851,303. Much of the remainder came from deferred compensation Gee collected as he left Ohio State prior to the start of the most recent school year for West Virginia University. His base salary at West Virginia is $450,000, which will likely increase to $775,000 next year, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune.
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