How much presidents of SEC universities are paid, and how UK president stacks up
Eli Capilouto, president of the University of Kentucky, is the highest paid public university administrator in the country, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education pay database.
Effective January 1, 2022, his base pay was raised to more than $1 million. Here’s how much other administrators in the SEC are paid, according to the 2020 pay database and other sources.
Some SEC presidents have been announced after the most recent Chronicle of Higher Education database was updated. In those cases, pay information has been taken from the presidents’ contract, when available, or other sources where noted.
Eli Capilouto, University of Kentucky president
President since 2011
Base pay: $1.035 million, effective Jan. 1, 2022
Other benefits: University provides housing; retirement contribution
Kent Fuchs, University of Florida president
President since 2015
Base pay: $957,933
Other benefits: University provides housing benefit; retirement contribution
Jere Morehead, University of Georgia president
President since 2013
Base pay: $678,255
Other benefits: University provides housing benefit; university provides a car; retirement contribution; social club benefit
Mun Choi, University of Missouri system president
President since 2017
Base pay: $558,429
Other benefits: University provides housing benefit; university provides a car; retirement contribution
Donde Plowman, University of Tennessee at Knoxville chancellor
Chancellor since 2019
Base pay: $600,000
Other benefits: University provides housing benefit
Stuart Bell, University of Alabama president
President since 2015
Base pay: $689,785
Other benefits: University provides a car benefit
Donald R. Bobbitt, University of Arkansas
President since 2011
Base pay: $510,000
Other benefits: University provides a house benefit; car benefit; retirement contribution
William Tate IV, Louisiana State University president
President since 2021
Base pay: $775,000, according to The Advocate
Other benefits: University provides a housing benefit; car benefit
Glenn Boyce, University of Mississippi chancellor
President since 2019
Base pay: $770,000
Other benefits: University provides a house benefit; car benefit; retirement contribution
Mark Keenum, Mississippi State University
President since 2009
Base pay: $790,364
Other benefits: University provides a house benefit; car benefit; retirement contribution; social club benefit
Katherine Banks, Texas A&M University
President since 2021
Base pay: $925,000, according to The Eagle
Other benefits: Banks declined a housing allowance from the university in 2021