Howard University president salary and executive pay
Howard University paid its president, BEN VINSON III, $1,080,698 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $787,943 (269.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Howard University ranks 76th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Howard University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 53-0204707, Washington, DC.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,080,698
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,520,238WAYNE FREDERICKFORMER PRESIDENT, RET 9/1/23
- Total revenue
- $1,433,002,000
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 28%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349314452.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 68th of 95 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| WAYNE FREDERICKFORMER PRESIDENT, RET 9/1/23 | $1,520,238 |
| BEN VINSON III President PRESIDENT | $1,080,698 |
| ANDREA A HAYES DIXONDEAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | $1,028,967 |
| KAKRA HUGHESVASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGEON | $957,028 |
| ALEXANDER EVANSTRAUMA MEDICAL DIRECTOR | $895,676 |
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 | BEN VINSON III President PRESIDENT | $1,080,698 | $1,433,002,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | DR BEN VINSON III President PRESIDENT, START 9/1/23 | $292,755 | $1,362,844,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | WAYNE A I FREDERICK MD MBA President PRESIDENT | $1,823,097 | $1,269,450,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | WAYNE A I FREDERICK MD MBA President PRESIDENT | $1,296,104 | $1,401,205,000 | 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 202621359349314452.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| WAYNE FREDERICKFORMER PRESIDENT, RET 9/1/23 | $1,471,974 | $48,264 | $1,331,974 | $0 | $140,000 | $27,600 | $20,664 | $1,520,238 |
| BEN VINSON IIIPRESIDENT | $1,043,005 | $37,693 | $923,005 | $120,000 | $0 | $27,600 | $10,093 | $1,080,698 |
| ANDREA A HAYES DIXONDEAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | $984,422 | $44,545 | $984,422 | $0 | $0 | $27,012 | $17,533 | $1,028,967 |
| KAKRA HUGHESVASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGEON | $910,130 | $46,898 | $910,130 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $19,298 | $957,028 |
| ALEXANDER EVANSTRAUMA MEDICAL DIRECTOR | $855,301 | $40,375 | $855,301 | $0 | $0 | $26,371 | $14,004 | $895,676 |
These figures come from Howard 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 Howard University compares
Ranked 76th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Drexel University$1,880,879 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Albert Einstein College of Medicine$16,660,997 (President), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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
BEN VINSON III (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,080,698 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,043,005 from Howard University and $37,693 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Howard University ranks 76th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was WAYNE FREDERICK (FORMER PRESIDENT, RET 9/1/23), at $1,520,238. That is $439,540 more than the president, BEN VINSON III. Next was ANDREA A HAYES DIXON (DEAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE), at $1,028,967. On the latest return, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
Howard University paid its president, BEN VINSON III, $1,080,698 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $787,943 (269.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was WAYNE A I FREDERICK MD MBA, paid $1,296,104. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,296,104 (WAYNE A I FREDERICK MD MBA); June 2023, $1,823,097; June 2024, $292,755 (DR BEN VINSON III); June 2025, $1,080,698.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Howard 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.