Georgetown University president salary and executive pay
Georgetown University paid its president, John J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95, $1,947,390 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $45,145 (2.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,296,035,338, up 10.0% from $2,087,659,878 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Georgetown University ranks 38th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Georgetown University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 53-0196603, Washington, DC.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,947,390
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Robert M Groves (INTERIM PRESIDENT (EFF. 11/22/24), PROVOST (UNTIL 11/26/24)), $1,228,708.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,158,537Edward A CooleyMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
- Total revenue
- $2,296,035,338
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 22%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601359349300020.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 102nd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.08% 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, 13 people were paid more than $500,000, 6 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Edward A CooleyMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH | $5,158,537 |
| John J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95 President President & Board Member (until 11/21/24) | $1,947,390 |
| Michael K BarryCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,762,084 |
| Christopher GillMANAGING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS | $1,346,307 |
| Robert M GrovesINTERIM PRESIDENT (EFF. 11/22/24), PROVOST (UNTIL 11/26/24) | $1,228,708 |
Also paid on the latest return: David B Green (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $1,180,961; John L Marshall (ASSOC. DIRECTOR CLINICAL SERVICES, GEORGETOWN LOMBARDI COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CTR), $919,025; William C Wilcox (PROFESSOR, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IN QATAR), $885,030; William M Treanor (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF LAW CENTER), $874,836; Adam R Adler (VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL), $683,229; Norman J Beauchamp (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL CENTER (eff. 7/1/24)), $665,487; Edward B Healton (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL CENTER (Until 6/30/24)), $572,440; Marie A Mattson (SECRETARY), $560,475; Narahari Sastry MPP'00 (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $430,937; Soyica Diggs Colbert (INTERIM PROVOST (EFF. 11/26/24)), $430,506.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Adam Norwitt F'91 P'26 (Board member), Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss (Board member), Anthony R Coscia F'81P'10121623 (Board member), DANIEL O'DAY c'86 (Board member), Dr Reynold Verret (Board member), Edward L Cohen L'70 P'20 (Board member), FITZ O LUFKIN IV C'11 ma'12 (Board member), Fr Daniel Patrick Huang Sj (Board member), Fr Daniel Villanueva Sj MBA'15 (Board member), Fr James Martin Sj (Board member), Fr Ronald A Mercier Sj (Board member), Frank H McCourt Jr C'75 P'05 (Board member), General Joseph F Dunford Jr MA'85 (Board member), He Sheikh Abdulla Bin Ali Al-Thani (BOARD MEMBER), James L O'Hara C'88 L'92 P'22 P'26 (Board member), JEANNE RUESCH p'02 P'09 (Board member), Joseph V Amato B'84 P'13 P'17 P'19 (BOARD MEMBER), Karam S Kalsi B'90 P'25 (Board member), Kaya K Henderson F'92 EML'07 H'12 (Board member), Kenneth A Samet (Board member), Kevin M Warren B'84 (Board member), Leigh Tung Chou F'93 (Board member), Makiko Tanaka Ueshima P'24 (Board member), Manone A Butler B'94 L'99 (BOARD MEMBER), Maria M Pope C87 P18 (Board member), and 14 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 J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95 President President & Board Member (until 11/21/24) | $1,947,390 | $2,296,035,338 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | John J DeGioia PhD C'79 G'95 President President & Board Member | $1,902,245 | $2,087,659,878 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | John J DeGioia PhD (C'79 G'95) President President & Board Member | $1,943,067 | $1,922,844,840 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | John J DeGioia PhD (C'79 G'95) President President Board Member | $1,577,486 | $1,988,566,479 | 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 202601359349300020.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Edward A CooleyMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH | $5,105,290 | $53,247 | $4,951,910 | $0 | $153,380 | $22,500 | $30,747 | $5,158,537 |
| John J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95President & Board Member (until 11/21/24) | $1,686,078 | $261,312 | $1,004,161 | $400,000 | $281,917 | $27,000 | $234,312 | $1,947,390 |
| Michael K BarryCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,709,493 | $52,591 | $661,939 | $1,047,554 | $0 | $22,500 | $30,091 | $1,762,084 |
| Christopher GillMANAGING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS | $1,290,516 | $55,791 | $415,516 | $875,000 | $0 | $22,500 | $33,291 | $1,346,307 |
| Robert M GrovesINTERIM PRESIDENT (EFF. 11/22/24), PROVOST (UNTIL 11/26/24) | $1,186,997 | $41,711 | $1,186,997 | $0 | $0 | $22,500 | $19,211 | $1,228,708 |
These figures come from Georgetown 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 Georgetown University compares
Ranked 38th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 37th, Brown University, $1,953,784
- Next in this ranking: 39th, Medical College of Wisconsin, $1,947,303
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Dartmouth College$2,108,837 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Carnegie Mellon University$3,155,276 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Brown University$1,953,784 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
George Washington University$1,907,439 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Grand Canyon University$799,495 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
John J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95 (President & Board Member (until 11/21/24)) was paid $1,947,390 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,686,078 from Georgetown University and $261,312 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Edward A Cooley (MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH), at $5,158,537. That is $3,211,147 more than the president, John J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95.
Georgetown University paid its president, John J Degioia PhD C'79 G'95, $1,947,390 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $45,145 (2.4%) 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 J DeGioia PhD (C'79 G'95), paid $1,577,486. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,577,486 (John J DeGioia PhD (C'79 G'95)); June 2023, $1,943,067; June 2024, $1,902,245; June 2025, $1,947,390.
Georgetown University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $2,111,484,326 and total revenue of $2,296,035,338 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $184,551,012. Expenses were $2,055,592,323 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 2.7%. The president's pay of $1,947,390 equals 0.09% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Georgetown University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.