Top 10 paid of Georgia's public college presidents

This week the state's Board of Regents approved raises for most of the college and university presidents within the University System of Georgia. The salary and benefit increases pushed the total compensation for two school leaders above $1 million.

Here are the top 10 highest compensated USG presidents for the upcoming fiscal year.

Bud Peterson, Georgia Tech, $1.09 million
Mark Becker, Georgia State, $1.07 million
Jere Morehead, UGA, $811,353
Brooks Keel, Georgia Southern, $397,304
Dan Papp, Kennesaw State, $352,991
Kyle Marrero, University of West Georgia, $316,369
Chris Markwood, Columbus State, $312,800
Arthur Dunning, Albany State, $303,156
Christopher Blake, Middle Georgia State, $294,880
Steve Dorman, Georgia College and State, $294,006

Click here to read more about the pay raises on myAJC.com .

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