Midwestern University president salary and executive pay
Midwestern University paid its president, KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD, $1,968,182 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $89,534 (4.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Midwestern University ranks 32nd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Midwestern University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-3377698, Downers Grove, IL.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,968,182
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: JOSHUA C BAKER OD MS (SVP & Chief Academic Officer / Interim President, CEO, & Trustee (beg May 2025)), $966,981.
- Total revenue
- $555,672,877
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 93%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631359349300113.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 7th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.35% 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025 | $1,968,182 |
| BARBARA L MCCLOUD ESQVICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL - Ending September 16, 2024 | $1,203,414 |
| JOSHUA C BAKER OD MSSVP & Chief Academic Officer / Interim President, CEO, & Trustee (beg May 2025) | $966,981 |
| MATTHEW J SWEENEY CPAASSISTANT TREASURER, CFO, VICE PRESIDENT | $806,316 |
| ANGELA MARTY MA PHRSR. VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS | $771,219 |
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 | KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025 | $1,968,182 | $555,672,877 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE | $1,878,648 | $537,500,528 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE | $3,043,984 | $518,091,233 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT/CEO/TRUSTEE | $1,973,189 | $519,542,731 | 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 202631359349300113.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHDPRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025 | $1,914,851 | $53,331 | $971,781 | $696,468 | $246,602 | $34,500 | $18,831 | $1,968,182 |
| BARBARA L MCCLOUD ESQVICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL - Ending September 16, 2024 | $1,153,908 | $49,506 | $344,833 | $75,306 | $733,769 | $34,500 | $15,006 | $1,203,414 |
| JOSHUA C BAKER OD MSSVP & Chief Academic Officer / Interim President, CEO, & Trustee (beg May 2025) | $897,889 | $69,092 | $563,224 | $242,275 | $92,390 | $34,500 | $34,592 | $966,981 |
| MATTHEW J SWEENEY CPAASSISTANT TREASURER, CFO, VICE PRESIDENT | $736,850 | $69,466 | $449,939 | $243,084 | $43,827 | $34,500 | $34,966 | $806,316 |
| ANGELA MARTY MA PHRSR. VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS | $702,446 | $68,773 | $400,473 | $176,748 | $125,225 | $34,500 | $34,273 | $771,219 |
These figures come from Midwestern 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 Midwestern University compares
Ranked 32nd of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
National University$1,053,175 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Fairfield University$1,095,361 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Sacred Heart University$1,524,281 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Richmond$2,553,560 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Duquesne University$906,757 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD (PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025) was paid $1,968,182 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,914,851 from Midwestern University and $53,331 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Midwestern University ranks 32nd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,968,182. Next was BARBARA L MCCLOUD ESQ (VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL - Ending September 16, 2024), at $1,203,414. On the latest return, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
Midwestern University paid its president, KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD, $1,968,182 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $89,534 (4.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD, paid $1,973,189. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,973,189 (KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD); June 2023, $3,043,984; June 2024, $1,878,648; June 2025, $1,968,182.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Midwestern 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.