University of Delaware president salary and executive pay
University of Delaware paid its president, DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS, $1,523,193 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $130,858 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. University of Delaware ranks 54th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. University of Delaware has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as UD or UDel.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 51-6000297, Newark, DE.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,523,193
- Total revenue
- $1,689,371,610
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 31%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601329349305235.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 65th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The University of Delaware is state-assisted and privately governed; it files its own Form 990 and pays its president on it.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS President PRESIDENT | $1,523,193 |
| KEITH WALTERCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,267,632 |
| DR LAURA A CARLSONPROVOST | $804,311 |
| JAMES W DICKER JRVP DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS | $773,831 |
| CHRISTINE RAWAKDIRECTOR, INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHELTICS & REC SVCS UNTIL 3/29/25 | $763,707 |
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 | DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS President PRESIDENT | $1,523,193 | $1,689,371,610 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS President PRESIDENT | $1,654,051 | $1,663,250,801 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | DIONISSIOS ASSANIS President PRESIDENT | $1,358,759 | $1,523,134,112 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | DIONISSIOS ASSANIS President PRESIDENT | $1,645,593 | $1,599,020,725 | 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 202601329349305235.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| DIONISSIOS N ASSANISPRESIDENT | $1,456,408 | $66,785 | $1,136,817 | $219,128 | $100,463 | $37,950 | $28,835 | $1,523,193 |
| KEITH WALTERCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,113,234 | $154,398 | $593,234 | $520,000 | $0 | $37,949 | $116,449 | $1,267,632 |
| DR LAURA A CARLSONPROVOST | $739,611 | $64,700 | $632,951 | $101,660 | $5,000 | $37,950 | $26,750 | $804,311 |
| JAMES W DICKER JRVP DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS | $703,257 | $70,574 | $613,514 | $77,740 | $12,003 | $37,950 | $32,624 | $773,831 |
| CHRISTINE RAWAKDIRECTOR, INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHELTICS & REC SVCS UNTIL 3/29/25 | $683,940 | $79,767 | $520,223 | $159,427 | $4,290 | $37,950 | $41,817 | $763,707 |
These figures come from University of Delaware'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 University of Delaware compares
Ranked 54th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Western Governors University$2,131,084 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Case Western Reserve University$2,148,720 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rice University$2,074,566 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Medical College of Wisconsin$1,947,303 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southern New Hampshire University$1,071,826 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,523,193 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,456,408 from University of Delaware and $66,785 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). University of Delaware ranks 54th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,523,193. Next was KEITH WALTER (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $1,267,632. On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
University of Delaware paid its president, DIONISSIOS N ASSANIS, $1,523,193 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $130,858 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was DIONISSIOS ASSANIS, paid $1,645,593. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,645,593 (DIONISSIOS ASSANIS); June 2023, $1,358,759; June 2024, $1,654,051; June 2025, $1,523,193.
From the 4 Form 990 returns University of Delaware 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.