Northeastern University president salary and executive pay
Northeastern University paid its president, Joseph E Aoun, $3,045,428 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $652,546 (27.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $3,159,117,922, up 5.9% from $2,982,345,642 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Northeastern University ranks 13th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Northeastern University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-1679980, Boston, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$3,045,428
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Kenneth W Henderson (Chancellor and SVP Learning), $1,143,102.
- Total revenue
- $3,159,117,922
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 29%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349305267.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 94th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.10% 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, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 8 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Joseph E Aoun President President/Trustee | $3,045,428 |
| Thomas NedellSVP Finance and Treasurer | $1,524,033 |
| Diane N MacGillivraySVP of University Advancement | $1,440,359 |
| David MadiganProvost & SVP | $1,316,182 |
| Satyajit DattaguptaCHIEF ENROLLMENT OFFICER | $1,199,251 |
Also paid on the latest return: David De Cremer (DUNTON FAMILY DEAN), $1,160,946; Kenneth W Henderson (Chancellor and SVP Learning), $1,143,102; Mary Strother (SVP & GEN COUNSEL), $1,077,475; Michael A Armini (SVP - External Affairs), $942,854; Mary Ludden (SVP GLOBAL NETWORK & STRATEGIC), $902,566; Usama M Fayyad (EXEC. DIR - INSTITUTE FOR AI), $876,379; James Hackney (DEAN SCHOOL OF LAW), $853,391; Elizabeth Mynatt (DEAN-KHOURY COLLEGE COMP SCI), $838,904; Alessandro Vespignani (STERNBERG FAMILY DIST PROF), $813,730; David Luzzi (Sr Vice Provost - Research), $810,446; Gregory Abowd (Dean - COE), $761,842; Alexandros Makriyannis (GEORGE D BEHRAKIS CHAIR), $716,176; Carmen Sceppa (Dean - Bouv Health Sciences), $649,331; Hazel Sive (DEAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE), $608,297; Emery Trahan (DONALD F HARDING PROF. FINANCE), $569,522; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Jeffrey S Bornstein (Trustee), Subodh Chanrai (Trustee), Jeffrey J Clarke (Trustee), William J Conley (Trustee), Richard A D'Amore (Trustee/Chair), Susan Deitch (Trustee), Deborah Dunsire (Trustee), Spencer T Fung (Trustee), Edward G Galante (Trustee/VICE CHAIR), Sir Lucian Grainge CBE (Trustee), David House (Trustee), Frances N Janis (Trustee), Chaitanya Kanojia (Trustee), Amin Khoury (Trustee), William A Lowell (Trustee), Alan S McKim (Trustee/VICE CHAIR), Todd M Manganaro (Trustee), Anita Nassar (Trustee), James Pallotta (Trustee), Irene Panagopoulos (Trustee), John V Pulichino (Trustee), Marcy L Reed (Trustee), Kathleen Sanborn (Trustee), Winslow L Sargeant (Trustee), Jeannine P Sargent (Trustee), and 7 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 | Joseph E Aoun President President/Trustee | $3,045,428 | $3,159,117,922 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Joseph E Aoun President President/Trustee | $2,392,882 | $2,982,345,642 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Joseph E Aoun President President/Trustee | $2,228,952 | $2,586,227,003 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Joseph E Aoun President President/Trustee | $2,896,178 | $2,393,370,957 | 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 202621359349305267.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Joseph E AounPresident/Trustee | $2,220,000 | $825,428 | $1,341,117 | $700,000 | $178,883 | $652,185 | $173,243 | $3,045,428 |
| Thomas NedellSVP Finance and Treasurer | $1,129,671 | $394,362 | $920,098 | $134,805 | $74,768 | $309,500 | $84,862 | $1,524,033 |
| Diane N MacGillivraySVP of University Advancement | $1,108,421 | $331,938 | $903,740 | $131,141 | $73,540 | $299,500 | $32,438 | $1,440,359 |
| David MadiganProvost & SVP | $1,172,788 | $143,394 | $954,284 | $139,093 | $79,411 | $109,500 | $33,894 | $1,316,182 |
| Satyajit DattaguptaCHIEF ENROLLMENT OFFICER | $1,130,658 | $68,593 | $784,593 | $163,350 | $182,715 | $34,500 | $34,093 | $1,199,251 |
These figures come from Northeastern 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 Northeastern University compares
Ranked 13th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 12th, Carnegie Mellon University, $3,155,276
- Next in this ranking: 14th, Baylor University, $3,033,323
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Princeton University$1,657,737 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baylor College of Medicine$4,716,352 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Notre Dame$1,017,760 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston University$1,704,300 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Vanderbilt University$3,416,810 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Joseph E Aoun (President/Trustee) was paid $3,045,428 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,220,000 from Northeastern University and $825,428 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Joseph E Aoun, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,045,428.
Northeastern University paid its president, Joseph E Aoun, $3,045,428 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $652,546 (27.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Joseph E Aoun, paid $2,896,178. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,896,178 (Joseph E Aoun); June 2023, $2,228,952; June 2024, $2,392,882; June 2025, $3,045,428.
Northeastern University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $3,055,043,076 and total revenue of $3,159,117,922 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $104,074,846. Expenses were $2,758,750,001 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 10.7%. The president's pay of $3,045,428 equals 0.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Northeastern 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.