Illinois Institute of Technology president salary and executive pay
Illinois Institute of Technology paid its president, Raj Echambadi, $865,337 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $9,506 (1.1%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. Total revenue on that return was $448,541,928, up 1.0% from $444,012,183 for the fiscal year ending May 2024. Illinois Institute of Technology ranks 110th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Illinois Institute of Technology has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-2170136, Chicago, IL.
President, fiscal year ending May 2025
$865,337
- Total revenue
- $448,541,928
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 63%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202641049349301904.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 49th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.19% 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 |
|---|---|
| Raj Echambadi President President | $865,337 |
| Kenneth ChristensenProvost, SVP Academic Affairs | $543,082 |
| Lance FortnowProfessor and Dean COS | $478,636 |
| Mallik SundharamVP Enroll Mgmt Stud Affrs | $478,443 |
| Mohammad ShahidehpourDistinguished Bodine Professor | $458,652 |
Also paid on the latest return: Anita Krug (Dean and Professor of Law), $448,373; Hamid Arastoopour (Director, WISER/Professor), $419,083; M Krishna Erramilli (Associate Dean and Professor), $418,553; Siva Balasubramanian (Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair), $376,911; Jennifer deWinter (Dean/Prof Lewis College Science), $375,921; Louis Cattafesta III (Dean of the Armor College of Engineering), $366,662; Beth Campbell (Associate VP, Principal Gifts), $365,518; Reed Kroloff (Dean-Architecture, Rowe Chair), $355,822; Edwin Watts (VP of Administration), $339,615; Anijo Mathew (Dean, Institute of Design), $339,442; Harold Krent (Professor of Law/FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $337,145; Michelangelo Sabatino (Professor/FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $331,875; Natacha DePaola (Prof of BioMedEng & Dir IDMET/FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $329,543; Walter Hazlitt (General Counsel), $302,153; Michael Gosz (Vice President for Data Analytics/Former Officer), $298,594; and 9 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ellen M Jordan (Vice Chair), Michael P Galvin (Chairman of the Board), Thomas E Lanctot (Vice Chair), Adrian Nemcek (Trustee), Alan W Wendorf (Trustee), Amanda Lannert (Trustee), Andrea L Berry (Trustee), Anita M Nagler (Trustee), Brian C Walker (Trustee), Bruce C Liimatainen (Trustee), Carl S Spetzler (Trustee), Carole Browe Segal (Trustee), Carson Block (Trustee (Through 10/17/2024)), Cheryl Hyman (Trustee), Craig J Duchossois (Trustee), Daniel R Ephraim (Trustee), David L Crowell (Trustee), Douglas M Monieson (Trustee), Ed Kaplan (Trustee), Efthimios J Stojka (Trustee), Eric Vassilatos (Trustee (Through 10/17/2024)), Frank Clark III (Trustee), Harold Singleton III (Trustee), Hazem Dawani (Trustee), Indira Saladi (Trustee (As of 10/17/24)), and 43 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 | Raj Echambadi President President | $865,337 | $448,541,928 | Filing |
| May 2024 | Raj Echambadi President President | $855,831 | $444,012,183 | Filing |
| May 2023 | Raj Echambadi President President | $1,041,551 | $364,483,065 | Filing |
| May 2022 | Alan Cramb President President to 07/31/21 | $1,559,281 | $372,778,524 | 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 202641049349301904.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Raj EchambadiPresident | $803,978 | $61,359 | $778,656 | $0 | $25,322 | $31,050 | $30,309 | $865,337 |
| Kenneth ChristensenProvost, SVP Academic Affairs | $485,098 | $57,984 | $469,856 | $0 | $15,242 | $27,675 | $30,309 | $543,082 |
| Lance FortnowProfessor and Dean COS | $434,839 | $43,797 | $381,275 | $50,000 | $3,564 | $20,767 | $23,030 | $478,636 |
| Mallik SundharamVP Enroll Mgmt Stud Affrs | $427,000 | $51,443 | $403,460 | $0 | $23,540 | $23,677 | $27,766 | $478,443 |
| Mohammad ShahidehpourDistinguished Bodine Professor | $427,878 | $30,774 | $421,020 | $0 | $6,858 | $20,631 | $10,143 | $458,652 |
These figures come from Illinois Institute of Technology'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 Illinois Institute of Technology compares
Ranked 110th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 109th, Marquette University, $869,890
- Next in this ranking: 111th, Seattle University, $857,322
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Wesleyan University$1,374,453 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Elon University$889,064 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$1,790,552 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rockefeller University$1,593,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Berklee College of Music$644,731 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Raj Echambadi (President) was paid $865,337 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $803,978 from Illinois Institute of Technology and $61,359 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Raj Echambadi, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $865,337.
Illinois Institute of Technology paid its president, Raj Echambadi, $865,337 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $9,506 (1.1%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the president was Alan Cramb, paid $1,559,281. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $1,559,281 (Alan Cramb); May 2023, $1,041,551 (Raj Echambadi); May 2024, $855,831; May 2025, $865,337.
Illinois Institute of Technology's return for the fiscal year ending May 2025 reports total expenses of $458,259,919 and total revenue of $448,541,928 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $9,717,991. Expenses were $442,451,875 for the fiscal year ending May 2024, so they rose 3.6%. The president's pay of $865,337 equals 0.19% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Illinois Institute of Technology filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.