Rice University president salary and executive pay
Rice University paid its president, Reginald Desroches, $2,074,566 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $418,739 (25.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rice University ranks 31st of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Rice University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-1109620, Houston, TX.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,074,566
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,975,212Allison ThackerChief Investment Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary
- Total revenue
- $1,635,701,788
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 53%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601319349301340.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 45th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.13% 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, 23 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Allison ThackerChief Investment Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary | $2,975,212 |
| Reginald Desroches President President | $2,074,566 |
| John LawrenceInvestment Manager | $1,172,708 |
| Brent SmithAssociate Professor | $1,171,411 |
| Craig BeechInvestment Manager | $1,087,335 |
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 | Reginald Desroches President President | $2,074,566 | $1,635,701,788 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Reginald Desroches President President | $1,655,827 | $1,423,437,172 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Reginald Desroches President President | $1,222,148 | $1,125,640,523 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | David Leebron President President | $2,264,425 | $1,372,497,739 | 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 202601319349301340.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Allison ThackerChief Investment Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary | $2,885,616 | $89,596 | $1,915,553 | $927,563 | $42,500 | $43,320 | $46,276 | $2,975,212 |
| Reginald DesrochesPresident | $1,640,959 | $433,607 | $1,087,459 | $500,000 | $53,500 | $166,653 | $266,954 | $2,074,566 |
| John LawrenceInvestment Manager | $1,097,039 | $75,669 | $528,364 | $538,175 | $30,500 | $32,970 | $42,699 | $1,172,708 |
| Brent SmithAssociate Professor | $1,096,446 | $74,965 | $1,065,946 | $0 | $30,500 | $43,320 | $31,645 | $1,171,411 |
| Craig BeechInvestment Manager | $1,001,444 | $85,891 | $467,094 | $481,950 | $52,400 | $43,320 | $42,571 | $1,087,335 |
These figures come from Rice 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 Rice University compares
Ranked 31st of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Southern New Hampshire University$1,071,826 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Western Governors University$2,131,084 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Delaware$1,523,193 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Thomas Jefferson University$7,010,762 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baylor University$3,033,323 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Reginald Desroches (President) was paid $2,074,566 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,640,959 from Rice University and $433,607 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Rice University ranks 31st of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Allison Thacker (Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary), at $2,975,212. That is $900,646 more than the president, Reginald Desroches. Next was John Lawrence (Investment Manager), at $1,172,708. On the latest return, 23 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
Rice University paid its president, Reginald Desroches, $2,074,566 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $418,739 (25.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was David Leebron, paid $2,264,425. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,264,425 (David Leebron); June 2023, $1,222,148 (Reginald Desroches); June 2024, $1,655,827; June 2025, $2,074,566.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rice 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.