Carnegie Mellon University president salary and executive pay
Carnegie Mellon paid its president, Farnam Jahanian, $3,155,276 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $442,339 (16.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,498,102,199, up 24.7% from $2,003,071,984 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Carnegie Mellon ranks 12th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. $25,000 of Farnam Jahanian's pay came from related organizations (column E). Carnegie Mellon has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as CMU.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 25-0969449, Pittsburgh, PA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$3,155,276
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$3,594,546Edward J GrefenstetteTRUSTEE(PRES/CEO,DIETRICH FDN)
- Total revenue
- $2,498,102,199
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 38%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349302900.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 82nd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.13% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Carnegie Mellon's return lists a trustee who is president and CEO of another foundation ("TRUSTEE(PRES/CEO,DIETRICH FDN)") with pay from related organizations. The university president is shown as the lead.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Edward J GrefenstetteTRUSTEE(PRES/CEO,DIETRICH FDN) | $3,594,546 |
| Farnam Jahanian President PRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $3,155,276 |
| Charles A KennedyCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $2,243,253 |
| Michael TrickDEAN, QATAR CAMPUS | $1,177,532 |
| James H GarrettPROVOST & CAO | $961,085 |
Also paid on the latest return: Thomas Goff (MAN. DIR,OPERATIONS-INV OFFICE), $914,766; Mary Jo Dively (VP/GEN. COUN & SEC. OF THE COR), $897,917; Isabelle Bajeux Besnainou (PROF.& DEAN, TEPPER SCH.OF BUS), $795,522; Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (JC WARNER UNIV. PROF. OF NAT.), $750,735; Theresa Mayer (V.P. FOR RESEARCH), $738,579; Paul D Nielsen (DIRECTOR & CEO, SEI), $735,699; Martial Hebert (PROF. & DEAN, SCH OF COMP SCIE), $707,502; William Sanders (PROF. & DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGIN), $647,018; Daryl Weinert (VP FOR OPERATIONS), $608,589; Scott Mory (FORMER OFFICER), $585,334; Angela Blanton (VP OF FINANCE & CFO), $583,759; Stan Waddell (VP FOR INFO TECH & CHIEF INFO), $564,576; Gina Casalegno (VP FOR STUD AFF & DEAN OF STUD), $547,640; Pam Eager (INT VP UNIV ADV(EXITED 2/25)), $524,985; Jonathan Cagan (FORMER KE/PROFESSOR), $480,538; and 8 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: David Coulter (CHAIR/VOTING TRUSTEE), Anne M Molloy (VICE CHAIR/VOTING TRUSTEE), Joel P Adams (VOTING TRUSTEE), Lane M Bess (VOTING TRUSTEE), Ronald Bianchini Jr (VOTING TRUSTEE), Keith Block (VOTING TRUSTEE), Darryl Britt (VOTING TRUSTEE (EXITED 8/24)), Frank Brunckhorst (VOTING TRUSTEE), Gloria Chen (VOTING TRUSTEE), Nathalie Cowan (VOTING TRUSTEE), Russell Crockett (VOTING TRUSTEE), Ted Decker (VOTING TRUSTEE), Shrinivas V Dempo (VOTING TRUSTEE), Francisco B D'Souza (VOTING TRUSTEE), Howard L Ellin (VOTING TRUSTEE), Charles Evans (VOTING TRUSTEE), Edward H Frank (VOTING TRUSTEE), Yoshiaki Fujimori (VOTING TRUSTEE), Mayor Ed Gainey (EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE), Eric Giler (VOTING TRUSTEE), Ajei Gopal (VOTING TRUSTEE), Thomas Healy (VOTING TRUSTEE), Larry E Jennings Jr (VOTING TRUSTEE), Katherine Kohatsu (EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE), Daniel Lavelle (EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE), and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Farnam Jahanian President PRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $3,155,276 | $2,498,102,199 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Farnam Jahanian President PRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $2,712,937 | $2,003,071,984 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Farnam Jahanian President PRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $2,036,207 | $1,881,828,034 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Farnam Jahanian President PRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $1,569,836 | $1,976,389,642 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349302900.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Edward J Grefenstette*TRUSTEE(PRES/CEO,DIETRICH FDN) | $0 | $2,098,335 | $1,496,211 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $880,955 | $1,000,000 | $217,380 | $1,466,486 | $29,725 | $3,594,546 | |||
| Farnam JahanianPRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $2,749,101 | $25,000 | $381,175 | $1,615,936 | $700,000 | $433,165 | $227,600 | $153,575 | $3,130,276 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $25,000 | |||
| Charles A KennedyCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,517,452 | $0 | $725,801 | $543,517 | $924,797 | $49,138 | $689,754 | $36,047 | $2,243,253 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Michael TrickDEAN, QATAR CAMPUS | $1,077,086 | $0 | $100,446 | $489,469 | $0 | $587,617 | $27,600 | $72,846 | $1,177,532 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| James H GarrettPROVOST & CAO | $904,204 | $0 | $56,881 | $742,323 | $100,000 | $61,881 | $27,600 | $29,281 | $961,085 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Carnegie Mellon'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 Carnegie Mellon compares
Ranked 12th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 11th, Colby College, $3,203,132
- Next in this ranking: 13th, Northeastern University, $3,045,428
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Georgetown University$1,947,390 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth College$2,108,837 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Vanderbilt University$3,416,810 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baylor College of Medicine$4,716,352 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Brown University$1,953,784 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Farnam Jahanian (PRESIDENT/EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE) was paid $3,155,276 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,749,101 from Carnegie Mellon, $25,000 from related organizations and $381,175 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Edward J Grefenstette (TRUSTEE(PRES/CEO,DIETRICH FDN)), at $3,594,546. That is $439,270 more than the president, Farnam Jahanian.
Carnegie Mellon paid its president, Farnam Jahanian, $3,155,276 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $442,339 (16.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Farnam Jahanian, paid $1,569,836. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,569,836 (Farnam Jahanian); June 2023, $2,036,207; June 2024, $2,712,937; June 2025, $3,155,276.
Carnegie Mellon's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,896,700,767 and total revenue of $2,498,102,199 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $601,401,432. Expenses were $1,776,981,445 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.7%. The president's pay of $3,155,276 equals 0.17% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Carnegie Mellon University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.