$544,136
The average total pay for presidents of taxpayer-supported public universities in 2019, according to a report by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Nineteen public university presidents received more than $1 million in total pay, and another 13 received more than $900,000. One president, Dale Whittaker of the University of Central Florida, received $600,000 in severance pay in 2019 after serving on the job for seven months and then leaving amid a scandal involving the misappropriation of funds by subordinates.