Professors aren't exactly known for their wealth nor their earning potential. The teaching track is only truly profitable, some might say, if you're looking to step out of academics and into administration at some point in your future. It's hard to imagine who wouldn't opt into a high six-figure salary in these economic times, and we have the data to prove that Montreal's university head honchos (as it were — we're talking principals, rectors, chancellors and deans, among others) are earning more than enough to justify the upwards climb.

After all, university is expensive in this province, especially if you're not a born Quebecer. But to the average student, where all that tuition money goes might seem like a mystery known only to the bureaucracy inside each institution. Some of it goes to student life and activities, some to ensure the functioning of the school, and a sizeable chunk funnels straight into the coffers of the highest-level administrators, including (but certainly not limited to) principals, rectors and chancellors.