Northwestern University president salary and executive pay
Northwestern University paid its president, Michael H Schill, $2,085,890 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $402,867 (23.9%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Total revenue on that return was $4,056,663,344, down 2.9% from $4,177,750,770 for the fiscal year ending August 2024. Northwestern University ranks 31st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Northwestern University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-2167817, Evanston, IL.
President, fiscal year ending August 2025
$2,085,890
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending August 2025
$3,976,787Christopher Ryan CollinsHead Men's Basketball Coach
- Total revenue
- $4,056,663,344
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 14%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202611959349301976.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 113th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.05% 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, 27 people were paid more than $500,000, 13 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Christopher Ryan CollinsHead Men's Basketball Coach | $3,976,787 |
| Amy FallsVP & Chief Investment Officer | $3,662,057 |
| David BraunHead Football Coach | $3,106,090 |
| Mohanbir S SawhneyProfessor-Kellogg | $2,333,906 |
| Mark JacksonCombe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation | $2,279,445 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael H Schill (President), $2,085,890; Morton O Schapiro (FMR President/President Emeritus), $2,025,182; Peter A Belytschko (Managing Dir Absolute Return), $2,023,940; Harisha Koneru Haigh (Mng Dir Priv Inv & Real Assets/Former Co-Interim Chief Investment Officer), $1,922,039; Chad A Mirkin (Professor-Chemistry), $1,564,776; Derrick L Gragg (VP for Athletic Strategy), $1,481,034; Stephanie Mills Graham (VP & General Counsel), $1,345,263; Kathleen M Hagerty (Provost), $1,121,525; Luke Figora (VP and Chief Operations Officer), $976,804; Amanda J Distel (VP & Chief Financial Officer), $944,920; David A Lively (VP Alumni Relations Development), $876,219; Priya Jenveja Harjani (SVP/DEP GEN COUNSEL/Former Interim VP HR), $867,390; Milan Mrksich (Former VP of Research), $777,900; Lorraine A Goffe (VP & Chief HR Officer), $763,650; Eric G Neilson (VP Medical Affairs), $729,261; and 14 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Adam R Karr (Vice Chair), Christine E Brennan (Secretary), Michael S Shannon (Vice Chair), Peter J Barris (Chair), Steven A Cahillane (Vice Chair), Virginia M Rometty (Vice Chair), Adam L Hoeflich (Trustee), Annette Rippert (Trustee (as of 5/2025)), Brian S Posner (Trustee), Charles A Tribbett III (Trustee), D Cameron Findlay (Trustee (until 7/2025)), David A Sachs (Trustee), Deborah L DeHaas (Trustee), E Scott Santi (Trustee), Ellen Kullman (Trustee), Emily Heisley Stoeckel (Trustee), Gwynne E Shotwell (Trustee), Harreld N Kirkpatrick III (Trustee), Heather B Baker (Trustee), James A DeNaut (Trustee), Jane DiRenzo Pigott (Trustee), Jane S Hoffman (Trustee), Jay C Hoag (Trustee), Jennifer Leischner Litowitz (Trustee), John Z Kukral (Trustee), and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Michael H Schill President President | $2,085,890 | $4,056,663,344 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | Michael H Schill President President | $1,683,023 | $4,177,750,770 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | Morton O Schapiro President President | $4,900,978 | $3,319,115,351 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | Morton O Schapiro President President | $2,995,976 | $4,010,424,246 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202611959349301976.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Christopher Ryan CollinsHead Men's Basketball Coach | $3,894,564 | $82,223 | $3,749,962 | $100,000 | $44,602 | $34,500 | $47,723 | $3,976,787 |
| Amy FallsVP & Chief Investment Officer | $2,382,911 | $1,279,146 | $1,010,449 | $0 | $1,372,462 | $1,230,891 | $48,255 | $3,662,057 |
| David BraunHead Football Coach | $3,040,151 | $65,939 | $3,022,399 | $0 | $17,752 | $34,500 | $31,439 | $3,106,090 |
| Mohanbir S SawhneyProfessor-Kellogg | $2,262,619 | $71,287 | $2,238,035 | $0 | $24,584 | $32,750 | $38,537 | $2,333,906 |
| Mark JacksonCombe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation | $2,224,996 | $54,449 | $361,673 | $1,375,000 | $488,323 | $42,508 | $11,941 | $2,279,445 |
| Michael H SchillPresident | $1,478,846 | $607,044 | $1,254,870 | $150,000 | $73,976 | $234,500 | $372,544 | $2,085,890 |
These figures come from Northwestern 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 Northwestern University compares
Ranked 31st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 30th, Dartmouth College, $2,108,837
- Next in this ranking: 32nd, University of Chicago, $2,082,741
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$5,489,914 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
University of Pittsburgh$1,241,200 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Caltech$1,753,140 (President), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Boston University$1,704,300 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Duke University$2,200,045 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Michael H Schill (President) was paid $2,085,890 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $1,478,846 from Northwestern University and $607,044 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Christopher Ryan Collins (Head Men's Basketball Coach), at $3,976,787. That is $1,890,897 more than the president, Michael H Schill.
Northwestern University paid its president, Michael H Schill, $2,085,890 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $402,867 (23.9%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the president was Morton O Schapiro, paid $2,995,976. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $2,995,976 (Morton O Schapiro); August 2023, $4,900,978; August 2024, $1,683,023 (Michael H Schill); August 2025, $2,085,890.
Northwestern University's return for the fiscal year ending August 2025 reports total expenses of $4,288,569,939 and total revenue of $4,056,663,344 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $231,906,595. Expenses were $3,933,998,499 for the fiscal year ending August 2024, so they rose 9.0%. The president's pay of $2,085,890 equals 0.05% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Northwestern University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 6 people in the pay breakdown above.