WGU Corporation president salary and executive pay
WGU Corporation paid its president, Scott Pulsipher, $2,131,084 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $137,033 (6.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $345,446,693, up 30.5% from $264,706,475 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. WGU Corporation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
See also: Western Governors University, which reports the same executives on its own return.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 84-1383926, Salt Lake City, UT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,131,084
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Chris Lee (PRESIDENT, WGU ACADEMY), $558,255.
- Total revenue
- $345,446,693
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 93%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641349349312809.View the filing
Peers: the 132 other universities on this site. Ranked 9th of 133 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.62% 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, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Scott Pulsipher President TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT | $2,131,084 |
| David GrowCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,029,671 |
| Nadeem SyedCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $850,850 |
| David MoralesSR VP, TECHNOLOGY & CIO | $716,737 |
| Courtney Hills McBethCHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER & PROVOST | $692,739 |
Also paid on the latest return: Bonnie Pattee (SR VP, PEOPLE & TALENT), $642,053; Jason Levin (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LABS), $571,055; Chris Lee (PRESIDENT, WGU ACADEMY), $558,255; Robert Hunt (SR VP, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY), $554,087; Patricia Moore (VP, ENGINEERING), $500,926; Hank Humphreys (VP, PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY), $478,480; Paul Droubay (VP, GLOBAL PEOPLE STRATEGY & TECHNOLOGY), $461,889; John Morton (VP, INFRASTRUCTURE), $435,389.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Joe Fuller (CHAIR), Lenny Mendonca (VICE-CHAIR), April Chou (TRUSTEE), Cole Clark (TRUSTEE), David Simmons (TRUSTEE (EMERITUS AS OF 11/2024)), Dr Harold Lee Martin Sr (TRUSTEE (AS OF 4/2025)), Dr Ruth Watkins (TRUSTEE (AS OF 11/2024)), Dwana Franklin-Davis (TRUSTEE), Eloy Ortiz Oakley (TRUSTEE), Jessie Wooley-Wilson (TRUSTEE), John W Bluford III (TRUSTEE (THRU 11/2024)), Kerry Healy (TRUSTEE (THRU 01/2025)), Talia Milgrom-Elcott (TRUSTEE).
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 | Scott Pulsipher President TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT | $2,131,084 | $345,446,693 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Scott Pulsipher President TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT | $2,268,117 | $264,706,475 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Scott D Pulsipher President Trustee / President | $1,976,036 | $682,133,952 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Scott D Pulsipher President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,859,938 | $1,108,132,860 | 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 202641349349312809.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Scott PulsipherTRUSTEE/PRESIDENT | $2,064,774 | $66,310 | $847,019 | $675,000 | $542,755 | $30,500 | $35,810 | $2,131,084 |
| David GrowCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $954,642 | $75,029 | $549,884 | $219,750 | $185,008 | $30,500 | $44,529 | $1,029,671 |
| Nadeem SyedCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $796,190 | $54,660 | $514,209 | $197,125 | $84,856 | $23,000 | $31,660 | $850,850 |
| David MoralesSR VP, TECHNOLOGY & CIO | $679,554 | $37,183 | $485,529 | $112,800 | $81,225 | $4,923 | $32,260 | $716,737 |
| Courtney Hills McBethCHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER & PROVOST | $640,469 | $52,270 | $451,294 | $189,175 | $0 | $18,730 | $33,540 | $692,739 |
These figures come from WGU Corporation'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 WGU Corporation compares
Ranking: University president pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Colby College$3,203,132 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Adelphi University$1,381,449 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Loyola University Maryland$600,783 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Spelman College$2,028,496 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Maryville University$1,656,133 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Scott Pulsipher (TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT) was paid $2,131,084 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,064,774 from WGU Corporation and $66,310 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Scott Pulsipher, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,131,084.
WGU Corporation paid its president, Scott Pulsipher, $2,131,084 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $137,033 (6.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Scott D Pulsipher, paid $1,859,938. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,859,938 (Scott D Pulsipher); June 2023, $1,976,036; June 2024, $2,268,117; June 2025, $2,131,084.
WGU Corporation's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $360,918,269 and total revenue of $345,446,693 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $15,471,576. Expenses were $272,803,792 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 32.3%. The president's pay of $2,131,084 equals 0.59% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns WGU Corporation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.