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. Drexel University ranks 39th of 100 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 54%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611349349311266.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 44th of 95 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 |
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 39th of 100 universities by president's pay.
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). Drexel University ranks 39th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, JOHN A FRY, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,880,879. Next was CHARLES CAIRNS (DEAN & SVP, MED AFFAIRS, COM), at $1,222,026. On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Drexel University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.