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College and University Leadership Jobs

Presidents, provosts, vice presidents, deans, and chief officers. We read the career pages of more than 4,000 colleges and universities every day. Right now, 987 of them have leadership roles open, and you can see them all in one place.

204presidents, provosts, and chiefs
544vice presidents
743deans
987schools hiring now

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Executive Leadership Search

Find on-campus leadership jobs at colleges and universities in every state. Search by state, school, role, or area. Every job links straight to the school's own posting.

1,913 openings at 987 schools. Last updated November 13, 2026.

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Browse by role

· 7 roles

Vice president or vice chancellor (544)President or chancellor (25)Provost (29)Chief officer (150)Dean (743)Executive director (332)Athletic director (90)

Browse by area

· 10 areas

Academic affairs (761)Advancement and alumni (178)Athletics (100)Enrollment and student affairs (212)Executive and general (234)Finance and operations (202)Marketing and communications (42)People, equity, and culture (41)Research (72)Technology and data (71)

Browse by state

· 53 states and territories

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South · 781 openings · 17 states
Northeast · 416 openings · 9 states
Midwest · 328 openings · 12 states
West · 384 openings · 13 states
U.S. Territories · 4 openings · 2 territories

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· 987 schools

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Alabama · 19 schools · 41 openings
Alaska · 2 schools · 2 openings
Arizona · 16 schools · 36 openings
Arkansas · 15 schools · 20 openings
California · 100 schools · 203 openings
American Career College (5)American Jewish University (1)Antelope Valley College (1)Azusa Pacific University (2)Biola University (1)Butte College (1)Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (3)California Lutheran University (1)California Northstate University (2)California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (2)California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (1)California State University - Dominguez Hills (5)California State University - East Bay (1)California State University - Fresno (1)California State University - Northridge (2)California State University - Sacramento (4)California State University - San Bernardino (3)California State University - San Marcos (1)California State University Monterey Bay (2)California State University Office of the Chancellor (2)California State University, Bakersfield (3)California State University, Fullerton (2)California State University, Los Angeles (1)Carrington College (2)Cerro Coso College (4)Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (1)Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (EdJoin) (1)Chaffey College (1)Citrus College (1)Claremont McKenna College (1)Coast Community College District (1)College of Marin (1)College of the Redwoods (1)Compton Community College (1)Cypress College (1)Dongguk University - Los Angeles (1)El Camino College (3)Evergreen Valley College (1)Glendale Career College (5)Imperial Valley College (1)Keck Graduate Institute (1)Lake Tahoe Community College (1)Las Positas College (1)Loma Linda University (1)Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health (4)Los Angeles Harbor College (1)Los Medanos College (1)Los Rios Community College District (1)Loyola Marymount University (2)Marshall B. Ketchum University (1)Menlo College (1)Mt. San Antonio College (2)Oak Valley College (1)Otis College of Art and Design (2)Oxnard College (1)Pacific College (1)Palo Alto University (1)Palo Verde College (3)Peralta Community College District (1)Platt College (1)Point Loma Nazarene University (1)Saint Mary's College of California (1)Samuel Merritt University (1)San Bernardino Valley College (1)San Francisco Conservatory of Music (1)San Joaquin Valley College (1)San Jose State University (4)Santa Clara University (1)Santiago Canyon College (1)Shasta College (1)Simpson University (1)Sofia University (1)Sonoma State University (2)South Orange County Community College District (1)Southern California Institute of Technology (1)Southwestern College (1)Stanford University (5)Touro University California (2)UCLA (3)UEI College (all campuses) (2)Unitek College - Fremont (3)University of California, Berkeley (8)University of California, Davis (2)University of California, Merced (1)University of California, Riverside (3)University of California, San Diego (2)University of California, San Francisco (12)University of California, Santa Barbara (1)University of California, Santa Cruz (4)University of La Verne (2)University of Redlands (1)University of San Francisco (2)University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education (7)University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (3)University of West Los Angeles (1)University of the Pacific (2)West Coast University (5)West Coast University - Los Angeles Campus (5)Westcliff University (2)Western University of Health Sciences (3)
Colorado · 14 schools · 22 openings
Connecticut · 10 schools · 15 openings
Delaware · 3 schools · 4 openings
District of Columbia · 7 schools · 14 openings
Florida · 32 schools · 84 openings
Georgia · 29 schools · 64 openings
Hawaii · 3 schools · 19 openings
Idaho · 3 schools · 6 openings
Illinois · 42 schools · 77 openings
Indiana · 21 schools · 35 openings
Iowa · 13 schools · 16 openings
Kansas · 9 schools · 13 openings
Kentucky · 17 schools · 27 openings
Louisiana · 16 schools · 31 openings
Maine · 6 schools · 11 openings
Maryland · 18 schools · 46 openings
Massachusetts · 36 schools · 75 openings
Michigan · 22 schools · 36 openings
Minnesota · 13 schools · 23 openings
Mississippi · 11 schools · 17 openings
Missouri · 20 schools · 32 openings
Montana · 6 schools · 10 openings
Nebraska · 8 schools · 10 openings
Nevada · 4 schools · 6 openings
New Hampshire · 3 schools · 7 openings
New Jersey · 23 schools · 47 openings
New Mexico · 9 schools · 14 openings
New York · 79 schools · 175 openings
Adelphi University (5)Albany Medical College (3)Alfred State College (2)Alfred University (1)Barnard College (1)Binghamton University (1)Canisius University (1)City University of New York (19)Colgate University (2)Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (2)Corning Community College (1)Culinary Institute of America (3)D'Youville University (4)Dominican University New York (1)Ellis College of NYIT (2)Erie Community College (1)Fashion Institute of Technology (1)Fordham University (7)Genesee Community College (1)Hamilton College (1)Hartwick College (2)Helene Fuld College of Nursing (1)Hofstra University (1)Houghton University (1)Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2)Iona University (1)Ithaca College (1)Le Moyne College (1)Long Island University (5)Manhattan University (2)Mercy University (7)Metropolitan College of New York (2)Mohawk Valley Community College (4)Monroe Community College (1)Monroe Community College (5th job board) (1)Nassau Community College (1)New York Law School (1)New York University (11)Northeast College of Health Sciences (1)Onondaga Community College (1)Orange County Community College (1)Pace University (1)Paul Smiths College (1)Rochester Institute of Technology (1)Russell Sage College (1)SUNY Adirondack (1)SUNY Broome Community College (3)SUNY Buffalo State University (2)SUNY College at Geneseo (1)SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at Morrisville (3)SUNY College of Technology at Delhi (1)SUNY Farmingdale (1)SUNY Fredonia (1)SUNY New Paltz (2)SUNY Niagara (1)SUNY Oneonta (1)SUNY Oswego (1)SUNY Potsdam (1)SUNY System Administration (2)SUNY Upstate Medical University (2)SUNY at Old Westbury (1)Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing (1)Sarah Lawrence College (1)Schenectady County Community College (2)School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden (1)Skidmore College (1)St. John Fisher University (2)St. Thomas Aquinas College (staff positions) (1)State University of New York Brockport (2)Suffolk County Community College (4)Syracuse University (4)The Juilliard School (1)The State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University (2)Touro College (3)University at Albany (6)University at Buffalo (5)Westchester Community College (1)Word of Life Bible Institute (1)Yeshiva University (2)
North Carolina · 49 schools · 103 openings
Alamance Community College (2)Appalachian State University (2)Bennett College (3)Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (1)Campbell Univ (1)Carteret Community College (1)Central Carolina Community College (1)Central Piedmont Community College (1)Cleveland Community College (2)College of The Albemarle (2)Duke University (8)East Carolina University (3)Elizabeth City State University (1)Elon University (1)Fayetteville State University (3)Fayetteville Technical Community College (1)Forsyth Technical Community College (1)Gardner-Webb University (2)Gaston College (1)Halifax Community College (1)High Point University (1)Isothermal Community College (3)Johnston Community College (2)Lenoir Community College (1)Montgomery Community College (1)NC State University (11)North Carolina A&T State University (5)North Carolina Central University (3)Randolph Community College (2)Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (1)Salem College (2)Sampson Community College (1)South Piedmont Community College (1)Stanly Community College (1)UNC System Office (1)Univ of NC at Pembroke (3)University of Mount Olive (1)University of North Carolina Wilmington (1)University of North Carolina at Asheville (1)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (7)University of North Carolina at Charlotte (5)University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2)Wake Technical Community College (1)Warren Wilson College (1)Western Carolina University (3)Western Piedmont Community College (1)William Peace University (1)Winston-Salem State University (1)pfeiffer university (1)
North Dakota · 5 schools · 8 openings
Ohio · 38 schools · 53 openings
Oklahoma · 7 schools · 13 openings
Oregon · 8 schools · 12 openings
Pennsylvania · 37 schools · 72 openings
Puerto Rico · 2 schools · 3 openings
Rhode Island · 7 schools · 11 openings
South Carolina · 28 schools · 55 openings
South Dakota · 6 schools · 8 openings
Tennessee · 21 schools · 36 openings
Texas · 68 schools · 166 openings
Abilene Christian University (2)Alamo Colleges (2)Alvin College (1)Austin College (1)Baylor College of Medicine (1)Baylor University (2)Central Texas College (2)Cisco College (2)College of the Mainland (1)Dallas College (5)Del Mar College (1)El Paso CC (2)Frank Phillips College (1)Hill College (1)Houston Christian University (1)Houston City College (4)Huston-Tillotson University (2)Jarvis Christian University (1)Kilgore College (1)Lone Star College (2)McMurry University (1)Midland College (1)Navarro College (1)Prairie View A & M University (3)Rice University (1)Sam Houston State University (4)San Antonio College (1)South Plains College (1)South Texas College (1)Southern Methodist University (16)Sul Ross State University (1)Tarleton State Univ (1)Tarrant County College District (2)Texas A&M International University (3)Texas A&M University (5)Texas A&M University - Texarkana (2)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (1)Texas A&M University System (15)Texas AM University Victoria (2)Texas Christian University (2)Texas Southern University (3)Texas State Technical College (1)Texas State University (1)Texas Tech University (1)Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (2)Texas Wesleyan University (1)Texas Woman's University (4)The University of Texas Medical Branch (4)The University of Texas Permian Basin (3)The University of Texas at Dallas (1)Univ of the Incarnate Word (1)University of Houston (4)University of Houston - Clear Lake (2)University of Houston - Downtown (2)University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2)University of North Texas (2)University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (3)University of Texas Health Science San Antonio (4)University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (4)University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (3)University of Texas System Administration (2)University of Texas at Austin (9)University of Texas at Tyler (1)Unversity of Texas at San Antonio (1)Wayland Baptist Univ (1)West Texas A&M University (1)Western Texas College (1)Wiley College (3)
Utah · 7 schools · 13 openings
Vermont · 2 schools · 3 openings
Virgin Islands · 1 school · 1 openings
Virginia · 26 schools · 45 openings
Washington · 22 schools · 39 openings
West Virginia · 9 schools · 15 openings
Wisconsin · 13 schools · 17 openings
Wyoming · 2 schools · 2 openings

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