Berklee College of Music president salary and executive pay
Berklee College of Music paid its president, David Bogen, $644,731 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending May 2024, the president was Erica Muhl, paid $1,767,579. Total revenue on that return was $460,330,866, up 4.3% from $441,448,497 for the fiscal year ending May 2024. Berklee College of Music ranks 125th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Berklee College of Music has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2300472, Boston, MA.
President, fiscal year ending May 2025
$644,731
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending May 2025
$1,300,166Erica MuhlFORMER PRESIDENT
- Total revenue
- $460,330,866
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 45%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202640989349301629.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 72nd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Erica MuhlFORMER PRESIDENT | $1,300,166 |
| David Bogen President INTERIM PRESIDENT & PROVOST | $644,731 |
| Elizabeth NewmanEVP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | $591,766 |
| John CaseINTERIM CFO (END 5/25) | $475,488 |
| Erin TunnicliffeSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (END 1/25) | $470,295 |
Also paid on the latest return: Deborah Cavalier (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $450,163; Phillip Knutel (VP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $415,888; Claire Machamer (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $408,235; Eileen Alviti (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HR), $373,861; Ronald Savage (VP & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $353,444; Kaitlin Passafaro (SECRETARY), $278,713.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Jim Lucchese (PRESIDENT (BEGINNING 1/25)), Martin J Mannion (CHAIR), Charles Anderson (TRUSTEE), Lee Burrows (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 4/24)), David Clem (TRUSTEE (END 5/25)), John Connaughton (TRUSTEE (END 5/25)), Cynthia K Curme (TRUSTEE), Kristy Edmunds (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 10/24)), Emilio Estefan (TRUSTEE (END 5/25)), Gloria Estefan (TRUSTEE (END 5/25)), David Friend (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25)), David Gross (TRUSTEE), Thomas H Hagerty (TRUSTEE), Velina Hasu-Houston (TRUSTEE), Marina Hatsopoulos (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 6/24)), Kristine Moyer Higgins (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25)), Carletta Higginson (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25)), Steven Holtzman (TRUSTEE), Bill Kaiser (TRUSTEE), Grace Kelly (TRUSTEE), Peter Labbat (TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 4/24)), Mie Kyung Lee (TRUSTEE (END 5/25)), Hassell McClellan (TRUSTEE), Frederick T Miller (TRUSTEE (END 5/25)), Peter Muller (TRUSTEE (END 11/24)), and 16 more.
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | David Bogen President INTERIM PRESIDENT & PROVOST | $644,731 | $460,330,866 | Filing |
| May 2024 | Erica Muhl President PRESIDENT (THROUGH 7/28/23) | $1,767,579 | $441,448,497 | Filing |
| May 2023 | Erica Muhl President PRESIDENT | $725,969 | $422,055,763 | Filing |
| May 2022 | Roger H Brown President PRESIDENT (END 7/21) | $398,756 | $384,612,408 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending May 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202640989349301629.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Erica Muhl*FORMER PRESIDENT | $1,250,000 | $50,166 | $0 | $0 | $1,250,000 | $29,700 | $20,466 | $1,300,166 |
| David BogenINTERIM PRESIDENT & PROVOST | $577,646 | $67,085 | $483,233 | $60,000 | $34,413 | $31,050 | $36,035 | $644,731 |
| Elizabeth NewmanEVP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | $531,568 | $60,198 | $470,578 | $60,000 | $990 | $31,050 | $29,148 | $591,766 |
| John CaseINTERIM CFO (END 5/25) | $408,403 | $67,085 | $407,388 | $0 | $1,015 | $31,050 | $36,035 | $475,488 |
| Erin TunnicliffeSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (END 1/25) | $415,775 | $54,520 | $366,273 | $37,132 | $12,370 | $31,050 | $23,470 | $470,295 |
These figures come from Berklee College of Music's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Berklee College of Music compares
Ranked 125th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 124th, Catholic University of America, $681,341
- Next in this ranking: 126th, University of New Haven, $609,173
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Rockefeller University$1,593,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$1,790,552 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Bowdoin College$1,120,866 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Illinois Institute of Technology$865,337 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Yeshiva University$1,186,985 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
David Bogen (INTERIM PRESIDENT & PROVOST) was paid $644,731 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $577,646 from Berklee College of Music and $67,085 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Erica Muhl (FORMER PRESIDENT), at $1,300,166. That is $655,435 more than the president, David Bogen.
Berklee College of Music paid its president, David Bogen, $644,731 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending May 2024, the president was Erica Muhl, paid $1,767,579. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the president was Roger H Brown, paid $398,756. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $398,756 (Roger H Brown); May 2023, $725,969 (Erica Muhl); May 2024, $1,767,579; May 2025, $644,731 (David Bogen).
Berklee College of Music's return for the fiscal year ending May 2025 reports total expenses of $464,670,221 and total revenue of $460,330,866 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $4,339,355. Expenses were $448,558,717 for the fiscal year ending May 2024, so they rose 3.6%. The president's pay of $644,731 equals 0.14% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Berklee College of Music filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 8, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.