15 Employees at University of Chicago Take Home $109 Million
15 of the highly compensated employees in 2023 at the University of Chicago (a private research university with about 18,000 students – 7,500 undergrads and 10,500 graduate and medical students – in Chicago, Illinois) received $109 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note: this list does not include highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 including the former chief investment officer, Mark Schmid who received $20 million from 2027-2022): Read more 
Executive Compensation at the University of Chicago (2023)
The University of Chicago (U of Chicago) is a private research university with about 18,000 students (7,500 undergrads and 10,500 graduate and medical students) in Chicago, Illinois.
Approximately 39,000 undergraduate students apply annually; 5% or 1,900 are accepted. Annual tuition, room and board is about $95,000 or about $380,000 for a 4-year degree.
When analyzing colleges and universities generally, there are 8 key numbers to look at: Read more 
Executive Compensation at the University of Chicago (2021)
The University of Chicago (UC) is a private nondenominational research university that accepts about 7% of the students who apply. UC has approximately 7,000 undergraduate students and 10,000 graduate students. The annual tuition with room and board for an undergraduate is about $90,000 annually which means a 4-year degree is about $360,000.
There are 51 voting members (trustees) of the governing body (board of trustees), 44 of whom are independent. However, the Form 990 reports 52 trustees, which appears to be due to timing differences. 41 of the 52 (79%) are male while 11 of the 52 (21%) are female. Read more 
Executive Compensation at the University of Chicago (2020)
The University of Chicago (UC) is a private nondenominational research university that accepts about 8% of the students who apply. UC has approximately 7,000 undergraduate students and 10,000 graduate students. The annual tuition with room and board for an undergraduate is about $80,000 annually which means a 4-year degree is about $320,000.
There are 46 voting members (trustees) of the governing body (board of trustees), 39 of whom are independent. However, the Form 990 reports 50 trustees, which appears to be due to timing differences. 40 of the 50 (80%) are male while 10 of the 50 (20%) are female. Read more 
