Elon University president salary and executive pay
Elon University paid its president, Dr Constance L Book, $889,064 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $23,374 (2.7%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. Total revenue on that return was $441,401,510, up 6.9% from $412,993,975 for the fiscal year ending May 2024. Elon University ranks 108th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Elon University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-0532303, Elon, NC.
President, fiscal year ending May 2025
$889,064
- Total revenue
- $441,401,510
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 67%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202600999349301205.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 43rd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.20% 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, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Dr Constance L Book President President | $889,064 |
| William TaylorHead Men's Basketball Coach | $522,796 |
| James PiattVice Pres - Uni. Advancement | $462,512 |
| Tony TriscianiFootball Coach | $442,248 |
| Janet WilliamsVP for Finance and Administration | $437,028 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jennifer Strawley (Director of Athletics), $433,272; Rebecca Kohn (Provost, VP Academic Affairs), $413,779; Dr Raghuram Tadepalli (Dean-School of Bus.), $410,252; Zak Kramer (Dean and Prof. of Law), $388,060; Haya Ajjan (Dean-School of Bus.), $382,458; David L Dave Blank (Special Assistant to the President), $314,913; Dr Jonathan C Dooley (Vice Pres of Student Life), $288,924.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Allen E Gant Jr (Trustee), Charles R Clohan (Trustee), Chris P Martin (Trustee), Dalton L McMichael Jr (Trustee), David C Porter (Chair), Debra Del Vecchio (Trustee), Dr William N P Herbert (Trustee), Edmond N Moriarty (Past - Chair), Edward W Doherty (Trustee), Elizabeth Kwon (Trustee), Howard F Arner (Trustee), James A Hendrickson (Trustee), John B Replogle (Trustee), John R Hill (Trustee), Kebbler McGhee Williams (Secretary), Kelli Palmer (Trustee), Kerrii Brown Anderson (Trustee), Lance Berberian (Trustee), Larry Clark (Trustee), Louis DeJoy (Trustee), Mark T Mahaffey (Trustee), Maurice N Jennings Jr (Vice Chair), Megan Curling (Trustee), Michele Skeens Hazel (Trustee), Noel L Allen (Trustee), and 12 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 | Dr Constance L Book President President | $889,064 | $441,401,510 | Filing |
| May 2024 | Dr Constance L Book President President | $865,690 | $412,993,975 | Filing |
| May 2023 | Dr Constance L Book President President | $638,233 | $389,061,937 | Filing |
| May 2022 | Dr Constance L Book President President | $613,143 | $374,224,853 | 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 202600999349301205.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Dr Constance L BookPresident | $646,310 | $242,754 | $604,592 | $0 | $41,718 | $231,600 | $11,154 | $889,064 |
| William TaylorHead Men's Basketball Coach | $467,446 | $55,350 | $421,670 | $5,000 | $40,776 | $27,600 | $27,750 | $522,796 |
| James PiattVice Pres - Uni. Advancement | $379,079 | $83,433 | $357,358 | $0 | $21,721 | $50,600 | $32,833 | $462,512 |
| Tony TriscianiFootball Coach | $393,001 | $49,247 | $387,855 | $0 | $5,146 | $27,600 | $21,647 | $442,248 |
| Janet WilliamsVP for Finance and Administration | $382,676 | $54,352 | $340,193 | $0 | $42,483 | $50,600 | $3,752 | $437,028 |
These figures come from Elon 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 Elon University compares
Ranked 108th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 107th, Yale University, $890,194
- Next in this ranking: 109th, Marquette University, $869,890
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Wesleyan University$1,374,453 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Yeshiva University$1,186,985 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Washington and Lee University$760,715 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Illinois Institute of Technology$865,337 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Bowdoin College$1,120,866 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Dr Constance L Book (President) was paid $889,064 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $646,310 from Elon University and $242,754 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Dr Constance L Book, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $889,064.
Elon University paid its president, Dr Constance L Book, $889,064 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $23,374 (2.7%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the president was Dr Constance L Book, paid $613,143. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $613,143 (Dr Constance L Book); May 2023, $638,233; May 2024, $865,690; May 2025, $889,064.
Elon University's return for the fiscal year ending May 2025 reports total expenses of $435,481,777 and total revenue of $441,401,510 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $5,919,733. Expenses were $398,332,753 for the fiscal year ending May 2024, so they rose 9.3%. The president's pay of $889,064 equals 0.20% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Elon University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 9, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.