Drexel University president salary and executive pay
Drexel University paid its president, John A Fry, $1,880,879 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $864,889 (31.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,465,915,989, up 4.6% from $1,400,964,891 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Drexel University ranks 43rd of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Drexel University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1352630, Philadelphia, PA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,880,879
- Total revenue
- $1,465,915,989
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611349349311266.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 79th 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.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| John A Fry President PRESIDENT (TO 9/30/24) | $1,880,879 |
| Charles CairnsDEAN & SVP, MED AFFAIRS, COM | $1,222,026 |
| Helen Y BowmanEXECUTIVE VP/COO/CFO/TREASURER | $863,727 |
| Elisabeth Van BockstaeleSVP, GRADUATE AND ONLINE EDUCATION | $827,547 |
| David L UnruhSVP, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT | $825,716 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael J Exler Esq (SVP AND GENERAL COUNSEL), $819,188; Subir Sahu (SVP, STUDENT SUCCESS & INT SVP), $765,556; Megan Weyler (SVP AND CHRO), $724,160; Paul Jensen (NINA HENDERSON PROVOST & EVP), $717,509; Catherine Ulozas (SVP, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), $657,530; Zachary Spiker (HEAD COACH, BASKETBALL), $541,135; Sharon Walker (DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING), $539,751; Thomas Dechiaro (VP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CIO), $535,914; Tracy Powell (SVP, UNIVERSITY MARKETING & COMM), $535,195; Verdi Disesa (SR. VICE DEAN & COO), $531,507; Paul Brandt-Rauf (DEAN, SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENG), $526,477; Brian T Keech (SVP, GOVERNMENT AND COMM RELATIONS), $472,993; Dawn Medley (SVP, ENROLL MGMT (TO 6/10/25)), $466,968; Rebecca Rhynhart (SVP FIN/CFO/DEP TREAS (TO 3/17/25)), $428,887; Aleister Saunders (EXEC. VICE PROVOST, RES. & INNOV), $395,567; and 4 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Denis O'Brien (INTERIM PRESIDENT (AS OF 10/1/24)), Richard Greenawalt (CHAIR (TO 5/14/25)), J Michael Lawrie (CHAIR (AS OF 5/14/25)), Richard Hayne (VICE CHAIR (TO 5/14/25)), Nina Henderson (VICE CHAIR), Richelle Parham (VICE CHAIR), Stan Silverman (VICE CHAIR), Michael J Williams (VICE CHAIR (AS OF 5/14/25)), Alfred F Altomari (TRUSTEE), Chris McKendry Andrade (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey A Beachell (TRUSTEE), James Bean (TRUSTEE), Thomas Beeman (TRUSTEE (AS OF 7/1/24)), Gregory S Bentley (TRUSTEE), Thomas Rick Berk (TRUSTEE), Suzanne Biemiller (TRUSTEE (AS OF 3/5/25)), Ted Bryce (TRUSTEE), Karen Dougherty Bucholz (TRUSTEE), Thomas A Caramanico (TRUSTEE), Honorable Ida K Chen (TRUSTEE), Kathleen P Chimicles (TRUSTEE), K Blair Christie (TRUSTEE), Della Clark (TRUSTEE), Abbie Dean (TRUSTEE), Nicholas Debenedictis (TRUSTEE), and 39 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 | John A Fry President PRESIDENT (TO 9/30/24) | $1,880,879 | $1,465,915,989 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | John A Fry President PRESIDENT | $2,745,768 | $1,400,964,891 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | John A Fry President PRESIDENT | $2,234,754 | $1,412,910,056 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | John A Fry President PRESIDENT | $2,765,677 | $1,352,478,393 | 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 202611349349311266.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| John A FryPRESIDENT (TO 9/30/24) | $1,829,538 | $51,341 | $934,332 | $391,755 | $503,451 | $37,950 | $13,391 | $1,880,879 |
| Charles CairnsDEAN & SVP, MED AFFAIRS, COM | $1,066,351 | $155,675 | $814,528 | $8,165 | $243,658 | $137,950 | $17,725 | $1,222,026 |
| Helen Y BowmanEXECUTIVE VP/COO/CFO/TREASURER | $731,029 | $132,698 | $723,722 | $7,307 | $0 | $112,950 | $19,748 | $863,727 |
| Elisabeth Van BockstaeleSVP, GRADUATE AND ONLINE EDUCATION | $699,203 | $128,344 | $532,168 | $4,596 | $162,439 | $112,950 | $15,394 | $827,547 |
| David L UnruhSVP, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT | $693,018 | $132,698 | $525,261 | $5,318 | $162,439 | $112,950 | $19,748 | $825,716 |
These figures come from Drexel University'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 Drexel University compares
Ranked 43rd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 42nd, Wake Forest University, $1,883,267
- Next in this ranking: 44th, Fordham University, $1,846,798
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine$16,660,997 (President), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Howard University$1,080,698 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Tufts University$1,356,483 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baylor University$3,033,323 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Thomas Jefferson University$7,010,762 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
John A Fry (PRESIDENT (TO 9/30/24)) was paid $1,880,879 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,829,538 from Drexel University and $51,341 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, John A Fry, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,880,879.
Drexel University paid its president, John A Fry, $1,880,879 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $864,889 (31.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was John A Fry, paid $2,765,677. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,765,677 (John A Fry); June 2023, $2,234,754; June 2024, $2,745,768; June 2025, $1,880,879.
Drexel University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,473,388,878 and total revenue of $1,465,915,989 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $7,472,889. Expenses were $1,453,206,532 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 1.4%. The president's pay of $1,880,879 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Drexel 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.