Former Penn President Liz Magill earned $4.46 million in 2024, the year after she resigned as the University’s ninth president, according to tax filings released Thursday and reviewed by The Daily Pennsylvanian.
The documents showed that Magill earned a base salary of $1,515,057 and received a $609,000 bonus. Her total reportable compensation was $4,210,289, with an estimated $247,478 in other compensation.
Magill’s total earnings for 2024 were markedly larger than the $2.35 million she received in 2023, the year she resigned from her post at Penn.
A request for comment was left with a University spokesperson and a spokesperson for Magill.
Penn President Larry Jameson earned $8.04 million in 2024 while serving as interim president. He earned a base salary of $2,581,284 and received a $1,700,000 bonus.
Magill’s tenure as president — which lasted less than two years — was the shortest of any permanent Penn president. Her December 2023 resignation came amid national backlash over allegations of antisemitism at the University.
Her resignation from Penn came after mounting criticism over her remarks during a December 2023 congressional hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, where she testified alongside other university leaders.
When asked by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” violated Penn’s code of conduct, Magill responded that such speech would be “context dependent.” Her answer sparked a national outcry from donors, lawmakers, and members of the public.
Magill also faced backlash after allowing the Palestine Writes Literature Festival to proceed on campus. She ultimately resigned from her role alongside then-University Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok on Dec. 9, 2023.
Thid February, Magill was announced as the new dean of Georgetown University’s law school. Magill will also serve as the law school’s executive vice president, with her tenure beginning in August.
Her career in higher education spans multiple institutions. In addition to her Penn presidency, she has served as dean of Stanford Law School and provost of the University of Virginia. Nine months after resigning from Penn, she joined both Harvard and the London School of Economics and Political Science for research.
As of publication, she is still listed as a tenured professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, a position she has held since 2022.
Staff reporter James Wan covers academic affairs and can be reached at wan@thedp.com. At Penn, he studies communication and computer science. Follow him on X @JamesWan__.
