Rochester Institute of Technology president salary and executive pay
Rochester Institute of Technology paid its president, David C Munson, $1,421,925 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $142,556 (9.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,173,696,705, up 1.5% from $1,155,931,634 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rochester Institute of Technology ranks 65th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Rochester Institute of Technology has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 16-0743140, Rochester, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,421,925
- Total revenue
- $1,173,696,705
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 33%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621249349302502.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 88th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% 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, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| David C Munson President PRESIDENT | $1,421,925 |
| James H WattersSVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION | $743,019 |
| Nabil Z NasrASSOC PROVOST DIR GOLISANO INST OF SUSTAINABILITY | $712,712 |
| Prabu DavidPROVOST & SR VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $596,656 |
| Phillip D CastleberryVP UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT | $528,077 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jacqueline Mozrall (DEAN SAUNDERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS), $510,394; Ersin Uzun (KATHERINE JOHNSON ENDOWED EXEC. DIR. GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY INSTITUTE), $463,040; Gerard Buckley (PRESIDENT NTID & VP AND DEAN RIT), $457,647; Sandra S Johnson (SVP STUDENT AFFAIRS), $452,447; Robert Colon (VP & GENERAL COUNSEL), $452,399; Ryne Raffaelle (VP RESEARCH), $450,373; Doreen Edwards (DEAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING), $423,417; John K Trierweiler (VP CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER), $418,580; Donald F Figer (PROF AND DIR CENTER FOR DETECTORS), $408,504; Kathleen Davis (VP ENROLLMENT MGMT & ASSOC PROVOST), $406,154; Keith Jenkins (VP & ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT, AND SUCCESS), $345,913; Vanessa J Herman (VP FOR GOVT & COMMUNITY RELATIONS), $338,756; Lisa A Chase (VP & SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY), $323,467; Colleen F Peterson (ASSOCIATE VP ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT), $283,977; Christine M Licata (VICE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS), $240,222; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Frank S Sklarsky (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey K Harris (TRUSTEE), Susan M Puglia (TRUSTEE), Susan R Holliday (TRUSTEE), Andrew N Brenneman (TRUSTEE), Andrew R Jacobson (TRUSTEE), Arthur A Gosnell (TRUSTEE), Austin W McChord (TRUSTEE), Brenda Haynes (TRUSTEE), Brian P O'Shaughnessy (TRUSTEE), Britta Macintosh (TRUSTEE), Brooks H Bower (TRUSTEE), Carol B Cala (TRUSTEE), Chance Wright (TRUSTEE), Chester N Watson (TRUSTEE), Christine B Whitman (TRUSTEE), Christopher Lehfeldt (TRUSTEE), Clayton P Turner (TRUSTEE), Dale J Davis (TRUSTEE), Darshan N Hiranandani (TRUSTEE), David J Burns (TRUSTEE), Dinah G Weisberg (TRUSTEE), Donald J Truesdale (TRUSTEE), Efrain Rivera (TRUSTEE), Gerard Q Pierce (TRUSTEE), and 21 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 | David C Munson President PRESIDENT | $1,421,925 | $1,173,696,705 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | David C Munson President PRESIDENT | $1,564,481 | $1,155,931,634 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $1,084,419 | $1,042,122,687 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $971,661 | $1,071,324,345 | 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 202621249349302502.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| David C MunsonPRESIDENT | $1,309,891 | $112,034 | $1,008,913 | $60,684 | $240,294 | $31,050 | $80,984 | $1,421,925 |
| James H WattersSVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION | $685,910 | $57,109 | $640,766 | $27,062 | $18,082 | $34,500 | $22,609 | $743,019 |
| Nabil Z NasrASSOC PROVOST DIR GOLISANO INST OF SUSTAINABILITY | $647,725 | $64,987 | $508,472 | $0 | $139,253 | $34,500 | $30,487 | $712,712 |
| Prabu DavidPROVOST & SR VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $545,850 | $50,806 | $527,467 | $16,755 | $1,628 | $31,050 | $19,756 | $596,656 |
| Phillip D CastleberryVP UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT | $463,163 | $64,914 | $456,579 | $0 | $6,584 | $31,050 | $33,864 | $528,077 |
These figures come from Rochester Institute of Technology'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 Rochester Institute of Technology compares
Ranked 65th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 64th, Long Island University, $1,496,104
- Next in this ranking: 66th, Colgate University, $1,420,097
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Saint Louis University$1,841,355 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Fordham University$1,846,798 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Texas Christian University$3,499,401 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending May 2025
Nova Southeastern University$1,800,665 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Loyola University Chicago$1,202,923 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
David C Munson (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,421,925 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,309,891 from Rochester Institute of Technology and $112,034 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, David C Munson, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,421,925.
Rochester Institute of Technology paid its president, David C Munson, $1,421,925 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $142,556 (9.1%) 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 C MUNSON, paid $971,661. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $971,661 (DAVID C MUNSON); June 2023, $1,084,419; June 2024, $1,564,481; June 2025, $1,421,925.
Rochester Institute of Technology's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,125,942,387 and total revenue of $1,173,696,705 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $47,754,318. Expenses were $1,091,883,625 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 3.1%. The president's pay of $1,421,925 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rochester Institute of Technology filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 4, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.