Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute president salary and executive pay
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute paid its president, Martin Schmidt, $1,306,266 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $17,678 (1.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $737,196,871, up 3.9% from $709,446,445 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranks 80th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 14-1340095, Troy, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,306,266
- Total revenue
- $737,196,871
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 59%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631359349300033.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 54th of 132 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, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Martin Schmidt President President | $1,306,266 |
| Rebecca DoergeProvost | $729,612 |
| Jonathan DordickVice President for Strategic Alliances and Translation | $579,648 |
| Matthew Ter MolenVP of Institute Advancement | $571,109 |
| Craig CookSecretary and General Counsel | $568,272 |
Also paid on the latest return: John Kolb (Vice President for Information Services & CTO), $550,615; Eileen McLoughlin (Vice President for Finance and CFO), $516,775; Rosaline Lee (VP and Chief Strategy Officer for Institutional Impact), $494,928; Shekhar Garde (Dean, School of Engineering), $480,393; Deepak Vashishth (Professor), $474,974; Robert Hull (Vice President for Research), $473,974; Boleslaw Szymanski (Professor), $443,765; Curtis Breneman (Dean, School of Science (Till December 2024)), $432,871; James Hendler (Professor), $432,864; Jonathan Wexler (Vice President for Enrollment (Till 12/31/2024)), $417,414; Evan Douglis (Dean, School of Architecture), $416,100; Ernest Katzwinkel (VP of the Division of Administration), $344,735; Prabhat Hajela (Former Provost), $330,799; Hannelore Rodriguez-Farrar (Vice President and Co-Head of the Office of Community Engagement and Communications), $316,983; Louis Padula (Vice President of Human Resources), $299,681; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Carmella Mantello (Mayor-Elect of Troy), Curtis R Priem (Trustee), Daniel Pickett III (Trustee), Dario Gil (Trustee), David Ho (Trustee), Gary T DiCamillo (Trustee), Jackson P Tai (Trustee), Janet Rutledge (Trustee), Jeffrey L Kodosky (Trustee), John Bennett (Trustee), John Capek (Trustee), John E Kelly III (Trustee), Kate Murtagh (Trustee), Linda Jojo (Trustee), Mark M Little (Trustee), Mary Humiston (Trustee), Meghan Moulder (Trustee), Mukesh Chatter (Trustee), Paula L Simon (Trustee), Roderic Pettigrew (Trustee), Srinivasan Sivaram (Trustee), Theodore J Wojnar Jr (Trustee), Tom Capek (Trustee).
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 | Martin Schmidt President President | $1,306,266 | $737,196,871 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Martin Schmidt President President | $1,323,944 | $709,446,445 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Martin Schmidt President President | $563,214 | $666,573,071 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Shirley Ann Jackson President President | $2,466,927 | $703,187,253 | 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 202631359349300033.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Martin SchmidtPresident | $1,230,040 | $76,226 | $1,103,253 | $100,000 | $26,787 | $27,600 | $48,626 | $1,306,266 |
| Rebecca DoergeProvost | $676,131 | $53,481 | $671,775 | $0 | $4,356 | $39,900 | $13,581 | $729,612 |
| Jonathan DordickVice President for Strategic Alliances and Translation | $526,502 | $53,146 | $518,000 | $0 | $8,502 | $25,867 | $27,279 | $579,648 |
| Matthew Ter MolenVP of Institute Advancement | $508,202 | $62,907 | $505,364 | $0 | $2,838 | $26,049 | $36,858 | $571,109 |
| Craig CookSecretary and General Counsel | $514,929 | $53,343 | $510,573 | $0 | $4,356 | $26,147 | $27,196 | $568,272 |
These figures come from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute'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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute compares
Ranked 80th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 79th, Quinnipiac University, $1,313,227
- Next in this ranking: 81st, Stevens Institute of Technology, $1,296,964
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Hofstra University$1,339,336 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Santa Clara University$1,212,179 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Pepperdine University$1,323,005 (President), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
Amherst College$846,242 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Loyola Marymount University$1,237,126 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Martin Schmidt (President) was paid $1,306,266 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,230,040 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and $76,226 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Martin Schmidt, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,306,266.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute paid its president, Martin Schmidt, $1,306,266 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $17,678 (1.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Shirley Ann Jackson, paid $2,466,927. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,466,927 (Shirley Ann Jackson); June 2023, $563,214 (Martin Schmidt); June 2024, $1,323,944; June 2025, $1,306,266.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $732,523,751 and total revenue of $737,196,871 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $4,673,120. Expenses were $703,203,246 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.2%. The president's pay of $1,306,266 equals 0.18% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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.