University of Denver chancellor salary and executive pay
University of Denver paid its chancellor, JEREMY HAEFNER, $1,209,539 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $62,998 (5.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. University of Denver ranks 66th of 100 universities on this site by chancellor's pay. University of Denver has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 84-0404231, Denver, CO.
Chancellor, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,209,539
- Total revenue
- $875,422,584
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 58%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621349349312132.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 40th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JEREMY HAEFNER Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,209,539 |
| DAVID CARLEHEAD COACH | $950,534 |
| MARY CLARK - PROVOSTEXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR | $622,115 |
| VALERIE OTTENSENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR | $595,877 |
| RUSSELL KAURLOTOVICE CHANCELLOR | $583,895 |
Chancellor's pay by year
Each row is the chancellor on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | JEREMY HAEFNER Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,209,539 | $875,422,584 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | JEREMY HAEFNER Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,272,537 | $834,903,600 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | JEREMY HAEFNER Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $986,439 | $807,273,223 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | JEREMY HAEFNER Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,011,015 | $842,965,887 | 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 202621349349312132.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JEREMY HAEFNERCHANCELLOR | $1,085,140 | $124,399 | $899,980 | $90,000 | $95,160 | $100,600 | $23,799 | $1,209,539 |
| DAVID CARLEHEAD COACH | $895,063 | $55,471 | $596,783 | $290,000 | $8,280 | $27,600 | $27,871 | $950,534 |
| MARY CLARK - PROVOSTEXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR | $593,822 | $28,293 | $593,822 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $693 | $622,115 |
| VALERIE OTTENSENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR | $486,132 | $109,745 | $486,132 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $82,145 | $595,877 |
| RUSSELL KAURLOTOVICE CHANCELLOR | $530,281 | $53,614 | $319,688 | $0 | $210,593 | $26,226 | $27,388 | $583,895 |
These figures come from University of Denver'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 Denver compares
Ranked 66th of 100 universities by chancellor's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University$1,048,438 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Wake Forest University$1,883,267 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lehigh University$1,145,854 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Marquette University$869,890 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American University$569,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
JEREMY HAEFNER (CHANCELLOR) was paid $1,209,539 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,085,140 from University of Denver and $124,399 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). University of Denver ranks 66th of 100 universities on this site by chancellor's pay.
The chancellor, JEREMY HAEFNER, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,209,539. Next was DAVID CARLE (HEAD COACH), at $950,534. On the latest return, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
University of Denver paid its chancellor, JEREMY HAEFNER, $1,209,539 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $62,998 (5.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the chancellor was JEREMY HAEFNER, paid $1,011,015. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,011,015 (JEREMY HAEFNER); June 2023, $986,439; June 2024, $1,272,537; June 2025, $1,209,539.
From the 4 Form 990 returns University of Denver 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.