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. Total revenue on that return was $1,689,371,610, up 1.6% from $1,663,250,801 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. University of Delaware ranks 63rd of 137 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 24%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601329349305235.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 100th of 132 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mary Remmler (SENIOR VP & CFO UNTIL 4/30/25), $752,033; Martin Ingelsby (HEAD BASKETBALL COACH), $727,369; John Long (EXECUTIVE VP & COO UNTIL 5/14/25), $691,522; Calvin L Keeler Jr (INTERIM DEAN), $667,223; Ryan Carty (HEAD FOOTBALL COACH), $664,455; Aimee Turner (VP FOR FINANCE AND TREASURER), $568,828; Angela Downin (VP & GENERAL COUNSEL), $545,019; Glenn Carter (VP COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING), $536,291; Levi Thompson (DEAN UNTIL 7/31/24), $527,614; Angela Chen (VP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, CIO), $522,987; Kelvin H Lee (FORMER INTERIM VP OF RESEARCH UNTIL 12/31/23), $512,774; Melissa Bard (VP & CHIEF HR OFFICER), $491,629; Jose-Luis Riera (VP STUDENT LIFE), $484,357; Beth G Brand (VP & UNIVERSITY SECRETARY), $476,996; Peter Krawchyk (VP FACILITIES, RECREATION, AUXILIARY SERVICES), $470,276; and 6 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Allison Burris Castellanos (TRUSTEE), Beth Cooper (TRUSTEE), Carol A Ammon (TRUSTEE UNTIL 12/31/24), Christopher W Baker (TRUSTEE), Claire Dematteis Marquardt (TRUSTEE), Claudia Pea Porretti (TRUSTEE), Donald J Puglisi (TRUSTEE), Donna M Fontana (TRUSTEE), Edmond J Sannini (TRUSTEE), Freeman Williams (TRUSTEE), Guy F Marcozzi (TRUSTEE), James Correll (TRUSTEE UNTIL 12/31/24), Jeremie M Axe (TRUSTEE AS OF 4/17/25), Joan F Coker (TRUSTEE), John C Carney (TRUSTEE UNTIL 1/21/25), John R Cochran (TRUSTEE UNTIL 6/5/25), John W Paradee (TRUSTEE), Kathleen V Hawkins (SECRETARY/TREASURER), Kenneth C Whitney (TRUSTEE), Matt Meyer (TRUSTEE AS OF 1/21/25), Michael R McMullen (TRUSTEE), Nicholas M Marsini Jr (TRUSTEE), Nisha Lodhavia (TRUSTEE), Robert F Rider Jr (TRUSTEE), Shante A Hastings (TRUSTEE), and 8 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 | 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 63rd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 62nd, Sacred Heart University, $1,524,281
- Next in this ranking: 64th, Long Island University, $1,496,104
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
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
Temple University$1,120,249 (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).
The president, Dionissios N Assanis, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,523,193.
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.
University of Delaware's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,647,542,164 and total revenue of $1,689,371,610 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $41,829,446. Expenses were $1,603,303,670 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 2.8%. The president's pay of $1,523,193 equals 0.09% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns University of Delaware filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.