April 11, 2011

On March 26, 2011, David Jesse of The Detroit Free Press, published an article detailing the comparative salary increases for administrators at the 15 state of Michigan universities.

Database: Compare salary increases for administrators at 15 state (of Michigan) universities

By DAVID JESSE 10:22 PM, Mar. 26, 2011

http://www.freep.com/article/20110327/NEWS06/110325057/Database-Compare-salary-increases-administrators-15-state-universities?odyssey=mod_sectionstories

I wanted to expand on that data to see how much money was spent on salaries for the athletic departments at the respective institutions.  In addition to the 15 State of Michigan universities, I also added Notre Dame and Ohio State.  Michigan-Flint does not have an athletic department listing on their websight.

I estimated the average annual salary for all athletic department employees to be $75,000.  I do not know how realistic this number is but with so many Assistant/Associate Athletic Directors and coaches, I figured this would be a reasonable average salary.

It should not shock you that Ohio State lists 476 employees in its athletic department followed by:

Notre Dame at 293

Michigan State at 254

Western Michigan at 116

Central Michigan at 112

Eastern Michigan at 105

Oakland University at 87

Wayne State at 76

Saginaw Valley State at 63

Ferris State at 61

Northern Michigan at 53

Michigan Ann Arbor at 42 (it only lists the head coaches.  The total is probably close to Ohio State’s 476)

Grand Valley State at 42

Michigan Tech at 29

Michigan Dearborn at 24

Lake Superior State at 23

Multiply each of those numbers by $75,000 and you can see what each athletic department spends only on salaries.  You can also see why each of these universities charge at least $15,000-$27,000/year just for tuition.  Throw in at least the same amount for room, board and books and you can see why a degree at a four year Michigan public institution of higher learning costs a family around $100,000 per child.

It is hard to understand the obsession people have with college athletics.  When schools such as Michigan State and Note Dame and Ohio State and Michigan admit and charge exorbitant ticket prices to 80,000-100,000 fans on eight Saturdays a year, school administrators must feel that as long as a sucker is born every minute, they will keep the circus going.  As the athletic department expands, the cost of a college education will expand.

Maybe it is time to professional-ize college athletics.  When state college institutions receive as much as $325,000,000 in state funding, and that money only goes to coaches and administrators, something is wrong.  I do not buy into the fact that the students are receiving the cost of tuition.  It costs the same to teach a class of 25 or 50 as it does a class of 26 or 51.

Most classes are being taught by graduate assistants anyway.  I never met a professor yet who taught a 40-hour work week.

central michigan	Mount Pleasant	MI	48859
central michigan	Administration	AD	Dave	Heeke	AD	phone	989-774-3046	heeke1dw@cmich.edu
central michigan	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
central michigan	$98,998,270	23.8	$53,369,565	30.1	$10,065	51.6	24,799	1.0	$82,436,000	3.0
central michigan	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	112	$75,000	$8,400,000
central michigan
eastern michigan	Ypsilanti	MI	48197
eastern michigan	Administration	AD	Derrick	Gragg	AD	phone	734-487-1050	derrick.gragg@emich.edu
eastern michigan	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
eastern michigan	$90,447,191	17.4	$58,810,555	19.8	$8,399	20.7	22,614	(3.6)	$78,212,100	2.7
eastern michigan	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	105	$75,000	$7,875,000
eastern michigan
ferris state	Big Rapids	MI	49307
ferris state	Administration	AD	Perk	Weisenburger	AD	phone	231-591-2863	weisenj1@ferris.edu
ferris state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
ferris state	$65,734,924	23.7	$32,259,859	25.5	$9,930	37.9	13,865	10.7	$50,017,100	2.8
ferris state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	61	$75,000	$4,575,000
ferris state
grand valley state	Allendale	MI	49401
grand valley state	Administration	AD	Tim	Selgo	AD	phone	616-331-8800	selgot@gvsu.edu
grand valley state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
grand valley state	$96,640,633	31.1	$48,145,695	48.4	$9,314	37.9	24,408	8.2	$63,758,300	4.3
grand valley state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	42	$75,000	$3,150,000
grand valley state
lake superior state	Sault Ste. Marie	MI	49783
lake superior state	Administration	AD	Kris	Dunbar	AD	phone	906-635-2625	kdunbar@lssu.edu
lake superior state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
lake superior state	$11,566,059	14.3	$6,051,958	35.7	$8,795	30.6	2,564	(12.2)	$13,059,200	4.4
lake superior state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	23	$75,000	$1,725,000
lake superior state
michigan ann arbor	Ann Arbor	MI	48109-2201
michigan ann arbor	Administration	AD	Dave	Brandon	AD	phone	734-764-9416
michigan ann arbor	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
michigan ann arbor	$459,900,746	18.2	$366,092,401	26.9	$12,590	21.7	41,484	4.2	$325,347,400	2.8
michigan ann arbor	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	42	$75,000	$3,150,000
michigan ann arbor
michigan dearborn	Dearborn	MI	48128
michigan dearborn	Administration	AD	Steve	Rotta	AD	phone	313-593-5540	srotta@umich.edu
michigan dearborn	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
michigan dearborn	$37,324,982	27.5	$24,648,856	22.3	$9,575	27.4	8,642	0.3	$25,437,100	2.8
michigan dearborn	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	24	$75,000	$1,800,000
michigan dearborn
michigan flint-no sports	$27,710,303	33.0	$21,834,520	41.2	$8,656	24.6	7,714	20.1	$21,498,900	2.9
michigan state	East Lansing	MI	48824-1025
michigan state	Administration	AD	Mark	Hollis	AD	phone	517-355-1623
michigan state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
michigan state	$341,407,073	22.8	$259,440,361	41.2	$11,670	31.3	46,504	3.0	$291,841,700	2.9
michigan state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	254	$75,000	$19,050,000
michigan state
michigan tech	Houghton	MI	49931
michigan tech	Administration	AD	Suzanne	Sanregret	AD	phone	906-487-3070	srsanreg@mtu.edu
michigan tech	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
michigan tech	$47,859,939	27.2	$29,698,953	41.8	$13,007	34.6	7,140	9.7	$49,302,100	2.7
michigan tech	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	29	$75,000	$2,175,000
michigan tech
northern michigan	Marquette	MI	49855
northern michigan	Administration	AD	Ken	Godfrey	AD	phone	906-227-1826	kgodfrey@nmu.edu
northern michigan	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
northern michigan	$34,555,761	21.9	$16,616,148	26.4	$7,728	24.9	9,428	(0.8)	$46,438,200	3.1
northern michigan	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	53	$75,000	$3,975,000
northern michigan
notre dame	Notre Dame	IN	46556
notre dame	Administration	AD	Jack	Swarbrick	AD	phone	574-631-6107
notre dame	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
notre dame	$ unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
notre dame	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	293	$75,000	$21,975,000
notre dame
oakland university	Rochester	MI	48309-4401
oakland university	Administration	AD	Tracy	Huth	AD	phone	248-370-2669
oakland university	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
oakland university	$64,860,814	25.5	$43,295,289	40.5	$9,716	0.4	18,920	9.1	$52,200,800	3.0
oakland university	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	87	$75,000	$6,525,000
oakland university
ohio state	Columbus	OH	43220
ohio state	Administration	AD	Gene	Smith	AD	phone	614-292-2477
ohio state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
ohio state	$ unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
ohio state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	476	$75,000	$35,700,000
ohio state
saginaw valley state	University Center	MI	48710-0001
saginaw valley state	Administration	AD	Mike	Watson	AD	phone	989-964-7306	mewatson@svsu.edu
saginaw valley state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
saginaw valley state	$32,743,099	23.3	$18,289,116	21.6	$7,308	31.8	10,498	9.7	$28,517,700	3.7
saginaw valley state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	63	$75,000	$4,725,000
saginaw valley state
school	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
wayne state	Detroit	MI	48202
wayne state	Administration	AD	Rob	Fournier	AD			ai5611@wayne.edu
wayne state	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
wayne state	$195,420,398	29.9	$121,282,814	14.8	$9,732	32.4	31,777	(4.1)	$220,329,200	2.6
wayne state	pos in ath dpt at $75,000/yr	76	$75,000	$5,700,000
wayne state
western michigan	Kalamazoo	MI	49008
western michigan	Administration	AD	Kathy	Beauregard	AD	phone	269-387-3061
western michigan	Faculty pay	pct chg	admin pay	pct chg	Tuition	pct chg	enrollment	pct chg	state funding	pct chg
western michigan	$120,587,797	10.8	$44,209,187	18.2	$9,510	30.9	24,509	(6.6)	$112,766,800	2.8

Submitted by:

George Sarkisian

Chief Statistical Analyst

Tel: 248-626-9137

www.GeorgeSarkisian.com