By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on December 06, 2015 at 6:00 PM, updated December 07, 2015 at 7:14 AM
PRINCETON — Compensating both its outgoing and new presidents cost Princeton University more than $1.5 million in 2013, new data shows.
With outgoing president Shirley Tilghman and new President Christopher Eisgruber, the university had two of the three highest paid private college presidents in New Jersey in 2013, according to a study released today by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The data is part of the Chronicle’s annual look at the pay of America’s private college presidents. Nationally, the median compensation for private school presidents was $436,429 in 2013, up 5.6 percent from 2012, according to the report.
Columbia University’s Lee Bollinger led the country in compensation, garnering $4.6 million. Overall, 32 private college presidents surpassed $1 million in total compensation, according to the report.
who do they think they are –football coaches?
It is shocking to see someone in education making all this money,god forbid, a sports team could use it.