Former Emory University president James W. Wagner was the nation's second highest-compensated leaders in higher education, according to a report released Sunday by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Along with his $990,000 salary, Wagner was paid an additional $2.36 million in deferred compensation and received other benefits in 2015 for a total of about $3.5 million, the Chronicle reported. Wake Forest University president Nathan O. Hatch ranked first, with about $4 million in salary in benefits.
The Chronicle compared data from 2015. Claire Sterk became Emory’s president in September 2016.
Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula S. Wallace was ranked 14th on the Chronicle's list, with total compensation of about $1.9 million. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a special report Sunday on Wallace. The school paid her $19.9 million in salary and other compensation. During the same five years, Harvard University paid its president less than one-third as much.
Georgia Tech president G.P. “Bud” Peterson was the highest-ranked public college president in the state on the list, 32nd among all public college presidents nationwide, with salary and benefits in 2015 totaling $720,192.
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