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Nova ScotiaIn Depth

Salaries of N.S. university presidents

How much does a university president make? Check out our chart.
By the end of September, universities in N.S. will be required to disclose the salary of anyone who earns more than $100,000 a year. (CBC)

By the end of September, universitiesin the province will be required to disclose the salary of anyone who earnsmore than $100,000 a year.

The Nova Scotia government hopes this will improve accountability at a time when budgets are being chopped. Some other provinces already disclose this kind of information.

So let's start with university presidents. CBC News asked all 11 universities for the salary, not including benefits, for 2011-12, as well asthe percentage increaseover last year.

The results are in the table below. The order is by size of school based on enrolment.

Dalhousie - Tom Traves

$393,264

No increaseover last year.

Note:Salary in 2009 was $356,787

15,279 full-time students
Saint Mary's - Colin Dodds

$226,282

2.5% increase this year

Note:Salary in 2009 was $212,800

6,319 full-time students
St. Francis Xavier - Sean Riley

$276,615

Decrease from $305,360 (including bonus) in 2010

(Data obtained through FOI request)

4,166 full-time students
Acadia - Ray Ivany

$250,000

No increase over last year

3,476 full-time students
Cape Breton - John Harker

$261,310

1% increase over last year

Note: Salary in 2009 was $233,215

2,658 full-time students
Mount Saint Vincent - Ramona Lumpkin

$222,800

Salary difference not disclosed

Note: Salary in 2009 was $69,423
2,366 full-time students
King's College - Anne Leavitt

$170,000

Newpresident, but same salary as last year's president

1,159 full-time students (as of Jan. 17)
Nova Scotia Agricultural College - Leslie MacLaren and Bernie MacDonald (acting co-presidents)

MacLaren: $131,000 (includes benefits)

MacDonald: $129,000 (includes benefits)

994 full-time students (as of Jan. 17)

NSCAD - David B. Smith

$210,000

Salarydifferencenot disclosed

Note:Salary in 2009 was $168,131

821 full-time students
Sainte-Anne - Allister Surette

$158,000

First year as president. Salary difference from last year not disclosed

Note:Salary in 2009 was $150,000

387 full-time students
Atlantic School of Theology - Eric Beresford

$103,925

3.9% increase over last year

57 full-time students

Note: Enrolment numbers arepreliminary figures as of October 2011,from the Association of Atlantic Universities, except where noted.