Middlebury College president salary and executive pay
Middlebury College paid its president, Laurie L Patton, $810,670 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $38,209 (4.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $511,285,123, down 1.7% from $520,203,981 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Middlebury College ranks 116th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Middlebury College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 03-0179298, Middlebury, VT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$810,670
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Stephen Snyder (Interim President (As of 1/1/25)), $306,447.
- Total revenue
- $511,285,123
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 51%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349300338.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 65th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.16% 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, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Laurie L Patton President President (Thru 12/31/24) | $810,670 |
| David ProvostEVP Finance & Admin. | $552,809 |
| Daniel J CourceyVP Advancement | $516,452 |
| Hannah RossSecretary & General Counsel | $432,568 |
| William C PotterDirector of CNS | $401,685 |
Also paid on the latest return: Philip Geier (Exec, Dir. Davis UWC), $385,726; Michelle McCauley (Interim Provost), $366,447; Smita Ruzicka (VP Student Affairs), $338,358; Jeffrey Lewis (Director EANP), $327,485; Stephen Snyder (Interim President (As of 1/1/25)), $306,447; Caitlin Goss (VP Human Resources), $279,059; Alberto Citarella (VP Finance & Asst. Treas.), $268,928; Susan Parsons Ritter (Associate Secretary & Chief Risk Off), $257,582; Charlene M Barrett (Assistant Secretary), $139,089.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: George C Lee II (Charter Trustee), Karen A Stolley (Vice Chair-Charter Trustee), William F Truscott (Chair-Charter Trust), Belinda Badcock (Term Trustee), Zachary A Bourque (Alumni Trustee), Joseph W Brown (Charter Trustee), Leilani M Brown (Vice Chair-Charter Trustee), Kirtley Horton Cameron (Vice Chair-Charter Trustee), Barbara G Cole (Term Trustee), Denver Edwards (Term Trustee), Janine F Feng (Term Trustee), Graham C Goldsmith (Term Trustee), Parker Harris III (Charter Trustee), Lucienne M Ide (Charter Trustee), Carol L Jones (Term Trustee), Catherine Lee (Charter Trustee), Caroline Sneath McBride (Charter Trustee), Koby Altman (Alumni Trustee), Alice J Murphy (Term Trustee), Dennis D Parker (Charter Trustee), Ann D Peterson (Alumni Trustee), Suzanne Reider (Term Trustee), Richard T Scanlon (Charter Trustee), Henry J Simonds (Term Trustee), Elizabeth C Speers (Term Trustee), and 9 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 | Laurie L Patton President President (Thru 12/31/24) | $810,670 | $511,285,123 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Laurie L Patton President PRESIDENT | $772,461 | $520,203,981 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Laurie L Patton President President | $754,158 | $456,039,665 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Laurie L Patton President President | $797,637 | $498,919,126 | 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 202631349349300338.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Laurie L PattonPresident (Thru 12/31/24) | $682,905 | $127,765 | $618,810 | $0 | $64,095 | $72,450 | $55,315 | $810,670 |
| David ProvostEVP Finance & Admin. | $424,502 | $128,307 | $420,170 | $0 | $4,332 | $72,450 | $55,857 | $552,809 |
| Daniel J CourceyVP Advancement | $414,422 | $102,030 | $393,304 | $18,287 | $2,831 | $58,650 | $43,380 | $516,452 |
| Hannah RossSecretary & General Counsel | $315,747 | $116,821 | $314,557 | $0 | $1,190 | $72,450 | $44,371 | $432,568 |
| William C PotterDirector of CNS | $327,861 | $73,824 | $320,808 | $0 | $7,053 | $58,650 | $15,174 | $401,685 |
These figures come from Middlebury College'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 Middlebury College compares
Ranked 116th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 115th, University of the Pacific, $816,167
- Next in this ranking: 117th, Saint Joseph's University, $807,197
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Gonzaga University$2,570,058 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Seattle University$857,322 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
High Point University$5,881,203 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Pomona College$1,638,758 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Brandeis University$1,371,189 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Laurie L Patton (President (Thru 12/31/24)) was paid $810,670 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $682,905 from Middlebury College and $127,765 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Laurie L Patton, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $810,670.
Middlebury College paid its president, Laurie L Patton, $810,670 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $38,209 (4.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Laurie L Patton, paid $797,637. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $797,637 (Laurie L Patton); June 2023, $754,158; June 2024, $772,461; June 2025, $810,670.
Middlebury College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $443,806,219 and total revenue of $511,285,123 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $67,478,904. Expenses were $425,256,465 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.4%. The president's pay of $810,670 equals 0.18% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Middlebury College filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.