Pepperdine University president salary and executive pay
Pepperdine University paid its president, JAMES GASH, $1,323,005 for the fiscal year ending July 2025. That is up $121,456 (10.1%) from the fiscal year ending July 2024. Pepperdine University ranks 59th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Pepperdine University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1644037, Malibu, CA.
President, fiscal year ending July 2025
$1,323,005
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: SARA YOUNG JACKSON (CHANCELLOR), $560,065.
- Total revenue
- $755,116,691
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 73%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending July 2025, IRS object ID 202611539349301221.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 26th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.18% 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JAMES GASH President PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,323,005 |
| JAY BREWSTERPROVOST & CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER | $855,535 |
| PHIL PHILLIPSEXEC. VICE PRESIDENT | $716,982 |
| EDMUND SCHILLINGHEAD COACH, BASKETBALL | $579,291 |
| PAUL CARONDEAN, CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW | $574,487 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | JAMES GASH President PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,323,005 | $755,116,691 | Filing |
| Jul 2024 | JAMES GASH President PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,201,549 | $705,484,656 | Filing |
| Jul 2023 | JAMES GASH President PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,118,692 | $699,813,135 | Filing |
| Jul 2022 | JAMES GASH President PRESIDENT & CEO | $928,829 | $719,080,959 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending July 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending July 2025, IRS object ID 202611539349301221.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JAMES GASHPRESIDENT & CEO | $917,815 | $405,190 | $562,795 | $350,000 | $5,020 | $34,500 | $370,690 | $1,323,005 |
| JAY BREWSTERPROVOST & CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER | $473,194 | $382,341 | $395,345 | $74,000 | $3,849 | $27,521 | $354,820 | $855,535 |
| PHIL PHILLIPSEXEC. VICE PRESIDENT | $440,255 | $276,727 | $325,410 | $90,000 | $24,845 | $65,000 | $211,727 | $716,982 |
| EDMUND SCHILLINGHEAD COACH, BASKETBALL | $558,269 | $21,022 | $474,464 | $25,000 | $58,805 | $0 | $21,022 | $579,291 |
| PAUL CARONDEAN, CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW | $353,109 | $221,378 | $254,699 | $68,000 | $30,410 | $88,000 | $133,378 | $574,487 |
These figures come from Pepperdine 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 Pepperdine University compares
Ranked 59th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Chapman University$1,897,658 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
University of San Diego$1,682,191 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$1,306,266 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Amherst College$846,242 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hofstra University$1,339,336 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
JAMES GASH (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $1,323,005 for the fiscal year ending July 2025: $917,815 from Pepperdine University and $405,190 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Pepperdine University ranks 59th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, JAMES GASH, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,323,005. Next was JAY BREWSTER (PROVOST & CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER), at $855,535. On the latest return, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Pepperdine University paid its president, JAMES GASH, $1,323,005 for the fiscal year ending July 2025. That is up $121,456 (10.1%) from the fiscal year ending July 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending July 2022, when the president was JAMES GASH, paid $928,829. By fiscal year end: July 2022, $928,829 (JAMES GASH); July 2023, $1,118,692; July 2024, $1,201,549; July 2025, $1,323,005.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Pepperdine University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending July 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.