17 Employees of Stanford University Take Home $230 Million in Compensation

17 of the most highly compensated employees of Stanford University (a private research university with about 18,000 students (8,000 undergrads and 10,000 graduate and medical students) in Redwood City, California.  With 32 trustees, 27 of whom are independent, although the most recent Form 990 (2023 for the year ending 8/31/23 lists 35 trustees (due to timing differences), Stanford is considered one of the best universities in the country) in 2023 took home $230 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included): Read more

Executive Compensation at Stanford University

Stanford University is a private research university with about 18,000 students (8,000 undergrads and 10,000 graduate and medical students) in.  Approximately 54,000 undergraduate students apply annually; 4% or 2,000 are admitted.  Annual tuition, room and board is about $90,000 or about $360,000 for a 4-year degree.

Stanford is overseen by 32 trustees, 27 of whom are independent, although the most recent Form 990 (2023 for the year ending 8/31/23 lists 35 trustees (due to timing differences), 18 of whom are male, while 17 are female (note:  gender is not reported on the Form 990; gender was determined by name and google searches).

When analyzing colleges and universities generally, there are 8 key numbers to look at: Read more