Texas Christian University chancellor salary and executive pay
TCU paid its chancellor, Victor J Boschini Jr, $3,499,401 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $299,972 (9.4%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. TCU ranks 11th of 100 universities on this site by chancellor's pay. TCU has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as TCU.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 75-0827465, Fort Worth, TX.
Chancellor, fiscal year ending May 2025
$3,499,401
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Daniel W Pullin (President), $1,106,855.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending May 2025
$6,386,809Sonny DykesHead Football Coach
- Total revenue
- $1,250,018,653
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 90%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202611039349301646.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 10th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% 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, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Sonny DykesHead Football Coach | $6,386,809 |
| James P DixonMens Basketball Coach | $4,741,613 |
| Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,499,401 |
| Jason R SafranChief Investment Officer | $1,660,349 |
| Kendal R BrilesOffensive Coordinator | $1,653,319 |
Chancellor's pay by year
Each row is the chancellor on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,499,401 | $1,250,018,653 | Filing |
| May 2024 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,199,429 | $1,198,262,684 | Filing |
| May 2023 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,085,606 | $1,103,356,620 | Filing |
| May 2022 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $2,323,475 | $1,168,273,968 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending May 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202611039349301646.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Sonny DykesHead Football Coach | $6,301,877 | $84,932 | $6,240,519 | $25,000 | $36,358 | $50,600 | $34,332 | $6,386,809 |
| James P DixonMens Basketball Coach | $4,570,812 | $170,801 | $4,171,343 | $25,000 | $374,469 | $50,600 | $120,201 | $4,741,613 |
| Victor J Boschini JrChancellor | $2,879,877 | $619,524 | $1,431,916 | $750,000 | $697,961 | $389,350 | $230,174 | $3,499,401 |
| Jason R SafranChief Investment Officer | $1,336,750 | $323,599 | $625,600 | $457,034 | $254,116 | $285,561 | $38,038 | $1,660,349 |
| Kendal R BrilesOffensive Coordinator | $1,571,015 | $82,304 | $1,544,928 | $0 | $26,087 | $50,600 | $31,704 | $1,653,319 |
These figures come from TCU'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 TCU compares
Ranked 11th of 100 universities by chancellor's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Fordham University$1,846,798 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Saint Louis University$1,841,355 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southern Methodist University$2,319,722 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Rochester Institute of Technology$1,421,925 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Howard University$1,080,698 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Victor J Boschini Jr (Chancellor) was paid $3,499,401 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $2,879,877 from TCU and $619,524 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). TCU ranks 11th of 100 universities on this site by chancellor's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Sonny Dykes (Head Football Coach), at $6,386,809. That is $2,887,408 more than the chancellor, Victor J Boschini Jr. Next was James P Dixon (Mens Basketball Coach), at $4,741,613. On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
TCU paid its chancellor, Victor J Boschini Jr, $3,499,401 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $299,972 (9.4%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the chancellor was Victor J Boschini Jr, paid $2,323,475. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $2,323,475 (Victor J Boschini Jr); May 2023, $3,085,606; May 2024, $3,199,429; May 2025, $3,499,401.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Texas Christian University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.