The top 10 earners, in terms of total compensation, among public college chief executives in 2012-2013:

1. E.Gordon Gee* - Ohio State University, $6,057,615

2. R. Bowen Loftin* - Texas A&M University at College Station, $1,636,274

3. Hamid A. Shirvani* - North Dakota University, $1,311,095

4. Renu Khator, University of Houston main campus, $1,266,000

5. Sally K. Mason, University of Iowa, $1,139,705

6. Michael A. McRobbie, Indiana University at Bloomington, $1,111,924

7. Michael F. Adams*, University of Georgia, $1,074,869

8. V. Gordon Moulton*, University of South Alabama, $1,072,121

9. Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, $1,037,357

10. Mark G. Yudof*, University of California system, $857,085

* - no longer president at that institution

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

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