Dean salaries by college

By Madelyn Foster, Assistant News Editor

The salaries of each dean at the University include the total compensation for each dean, which may include the salaries received from multiple appointments in the University. 

The average salary of a University dean is approximately $332,180.20. This figure does not include data from the College of Fine + Applied Arts, which was not available in the data set.

It is important to note the Division of General Studies does not have a dean.

The salaries of each dean are listed below.

King Li (dean for Carle Illinois College of Medicine) – $656,500

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Jeffrey Brown (dean for Business) – $472,850

Vikram Amar (dean for Law) – $332,872

Tamer Basar (interim dean for Engineering) – $332,312

Feng Sheng Hu (interim dean for LAS) – $323,618.44

Kimberlee Kidwell (dean for ACES) – $308,331

James Anderson (dean for Education) – $306,680.33

Wotjek Chodzko-Zajko (dean for the Graduate College and interim dean for Media) – $300,237

Fritz Drasgow (dean for Labor and Employment Relations) – $270,367

Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell (dean for AHS) – $267,650

Peter Constable (dean for Veterinary Medicine) -$266,049

Steve Anderson (dean for Social Work) – $265,000

Allen Renear (dean for Information Sciences) – $247,819