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CFO pay

Educational Services

Public companies in this sector. The median CFO was paid $2M; the middle half $1.6M to $3.3M.

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CompanyCFOTotal payYear
AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INCEdward H. Codispoti.$482K2025
CHEGG, INCDavid Longo$3.5M2025
Covista Inc.Robert J. Phelan$2.5M2026
Graham Holdings CoWallace R. Cooney$1.8M2025
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.Daniel E. Bachus$1.5M2025
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.Richard M. Buskirk$1.8M2025
Legacy Education Inc.Brandon Pope$522K2026
LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPBrian K. Meyers$2M2025
PERDOCEO EDUCATION CorpAshish R. Ghia$2.3M2025
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.Blair Westblom$3.9M2025
Strategic Education, Inc.Daniel W. Jackson$3.3M2025
Stride, Inc.Donna Blackman$5.5M2026
UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INCBruce Schuman$1.6M2025

Source: each company's latest definitive proxy statement (SEC Form DEF 14A), Summary Compensation Table. Figures are as reported. Snapshot as of 2026-11-02. Private-company pay is not covered, and smaller reporting companies may omit the CFO under Item 402(m).

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