List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment

The following are two lists of U.S. institutions of higher education by endowment:

  1. Largest endowments
  2. Largest endowments per student

Lists of institutions of higher education by endowment are also available.

Contents

Endowments greater than $1 billion

For this list, short scale billions (thousand of millions) are used.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Institution Endowment (2005)
billion USD		 Endowment (2006)
billion USD		 Endowment (2007)
billion USD		 Endowment (2008)
billion USD		 Endowment (2009)
billion USD		 Endowment (2010)
billion USD		 Endowment (2011)
billion USD
Amherst College $1.155[8] $1.337[1] $1.662[2] $1.705[3] $1.306[4] $1.386[5]
Baylor College of Medicine $1.008[8] $1.059[1] $1.278[2] $1.091[3] $0.731[4] $0.792[5]
Baylor University $1.008[8] $0.870[1] $1.278[2] $1.060[3] $0.880[4] $0.872[5]
Berea College $0.862[8] $0.949[1] $1.102[2] $1.023[3] $0.791[4] $0.847[5]
Boston College $1.270[8] $1.448[1] $1.670[2] $1.631[3] $1.341[4] $1.480[5]
Boston University $0.777[8] $0.916[1] $1.101[2] $1.145[3] $0.892[4] $0.992[5] $1.194[7]
Brown University $1.844[8] $2.167[1] $2.781[2] $2.747[3] $2.017[4] $2.155[5] $2.5[9]
California Institute of Technology $1.418[8] $1.581[1] $1.860[2] $1.892[3] $1.398[4] $1.545[5]
Carnegie Mellon University $0.837[8] $0.942[1] $1.116[2] $1.068[3] $0.754[4] $1.015
Case Western Reserve University $1.516[8] $1.599[1] $1.841[2] $1.766[3] $1.402[4] $1.462[5]
Columbia University $5.191[8] $5.938[1] $7.150[2] $7.147[3] $5.893[4] $6.517[5] $7.8
Cornell University $3.777[8] $4.321[1] $5.425[2] $5.385[3] $3.966[4] $4.379[5] $5.280
Dartmouth College $2.714[8] $3.092[1] $3.760[2] $3.660[3] $2.825[4] $2.998[5]
Duke University $3.826[8] $4.498[1] $5.910[2] $6.124[3] $4.441[4] $4.824[5] $5.7
Emory University $4.376[8] $4.870[1] $5.562[2] $5.473[3] $4.328[4] $4.694[5] $5.3
George Washington University $0.823[8] $0.963[1] $1.147[2] $1.256[3] $1.011[4] $1.144[5] $1.331
Georgetown University $0.741[8] $0.834[1] $1.059[2] $1.059[3] $0.895[4] $1.010[5] $1.162[10]
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech Foundation only)		 $0.937[8] $1.047[1] $1.281[2] $1.344[3] $0.994[4] $1.051[5]
Grinnell College $1.391[8] $1.472[1] $1.718[2] $1.472[3] $1.076[4] $1.265[5]
Harvard University $25.473[8] $28.916[1] $34.635[2] $36.556[3] $25.662[4] $27.557[5] $32.000
Indiana University (system-wide)[11] $1.107[8] $1.276[1] $1.557[2] $1.546[3] $1.227[4] $1.371[5]
Johns Hopkins University $2.177[8] $2.351[1] $2.800[2] $2.525[3] $1.977[4] $2.220[5]
Lehigh University $0.845[8] $0.939[1] $1.086[2] $1.127[3] $0.886[4] $0.940[5]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $6.712[8] $8.368[1] $9.980[2] $10.069[3] $7.982[4] $8.317[5] $9.9[5]
Michigan State University $0.906[8] $1.048[1] $1.248[2] $1.282[3] $1.047[4] $1.449[5]
New York University $1.548[8] $1.775[1] $2.162[2] $2.475[3] $2.094[4] $2.370[5]
Northwestern University $4.215[8] $5.141[1] $6.503[2] $7.244[3] $5.445[4] $5.945[5]
Ohio State University $1.726[8] $1.997[1] $2.338[2] $2.076[3] $1.652[4] $1.869[5]
Pennsylvania State University $1.175[8] $1.326[1] $1.590[2] $1.545[3] $1.226[4] $1.368[5]
Pomona College $1.299[8] $1.457[1] $1.761[2] $1.794[3] $1.334[4] $1.449[5]
Princeton University $11.207[8] $13.045[1] $15.787[2] $16.349[3] $12.614[4] $14.391[5] $17.100[12]
Princeton Theological Seminary $0.864[8] $0.945[1] $1.109[2] $1.018[3] $0.755[4] $0.811[5]
Purdue University (system-wide)[11] $1.341[8] $1.494[1] $1.787[2] $1.736[3] $1.458[4] $1.633[5]
Rice University $3.611[8] $3.986[1] $4.670[2] $4.610[3] $3.613[4] $4.100[5]
Rockefeller University $1.557[8] $1.772[1] $2.144[3] $2.021[3] $1.528[4] $1.561[5]
Smith College $1.036[8] $1.156[1] $1.361[2] $1.366[3] $1.096[4] $1.244[5]
Southern Methodist University $1.014[8] $1.122[1] $1.328[2] $1.368[3] $1.035[4] $1.069[5]
Stanford University $12.205[8] $14.085[1] $17.165[2] $17.200[3] $12.619[4] $13.851[5] $16.500[6]
Swarthmore College $1.164[8] $1.245[1] $1.441[2] $1.413[3] $1.129[4] $1.249[5]
Syracuse University $0.818[8] $0.908[1] $1.086[2] $0.985[3] $0.658[4] $0.849[5]
Texas A&M University System (system-wide)[11] $4.964[8] $5.643[1] $6.590[2] $6.659[3] $5.084[4] $5.738[5]
Texas Christian University $0.942[8] $1.016[1] $1.187[2] $1.260[3] $0.975[4] $1.048[5]
Trinity University (Texas) $0.733[8] $0.814[1] $0.931[2] $1.035[3] $0.851[4] $0.855[5]
Tufts University $0.845[8] $1.215[1] $1.452[2] $1.446[3] $1.103[4] $1.214[5]
Tulane University $0.780[8] $0.858[1] $1.009[2] $1.036[3] $0.529[4] $0.889[5]
University of Alabama (system-wide)[11] $0.764[8] $0.848[1] $1.000[2] $0.998[3] $0.796[4] $0.854[5]
University of California (system-wide)[11] $5.222[8] $5.734[1] $6.439[2] $6.217[3] $4.937[4] $5.441[5]
University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA Foundation only)		 $0.668[8] $0.805[1] $0.975[2] $1.054[3] $0.895[4] $0.996[5]
University of Chicago $4.137[8] $4.867[1] $6.204[2] $6.632[3] $5.578[4] $5.638[5]
University of Cincinnati $1.032[8] $1.101[1] $1.185[2] $1.099[3] $0.833[4] $0.886[5]
University of Delaware $1.077[8] $1.223[1] $1.397[2] $1.340[3] $1.008[4]
University of Florida (UF Foundation only) $0.836[8] $0.996[1] $1.219[2] $1.251[3] $1.011[4] $1.105[5]
University of Illinois (system-wide)[11] $1.148[8] $1.252[1] $1.515[2] $1.459[3] $1.112[4] $1.290[5]
University of Kansas (system-wide)[11] $0.955[8] $1.049[1] $1.239[2] $1.218[3] $0.955[4] $1.198[5]
University of Michigan $4.931[8] $5.652[1] $7.090[2] $7.572[3] $6.001[4] $6.564[5] $7.8[13]
University of Minnesota $1.969[8] $2.224[1] $2.804[2] $2.751[3] $2.086[4] $2.196[5]
University of Missouri (system-wide)[11] $0.849[8] $0.944[1] $1.098[2] $1.025[3] $0.882[4] $0.975[5]
University of Nebraska (system-wide)[11] $1.042[8] $1.153[1] $1.277[2] $1.221[3] $0.965[4] $1.143[5]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $1.486[8] $1.149[1] $2.164[2] $2.359[3] $1.905[4] $1.979[5]
University of Notre Dame $3.650[8] $4.437[1] $5.977[2] $6.226[3] $4.795[4] $5.235[5]
University of Oklahoma $0.777[8] $0.960[1] $1.114[2] $1.155[3] $0.848[4] $0.968[5]
University of Pennsylvania $4.370[8] $5.313[1] $6.635[2] $6.233[3] $5.171[4] $5.669[5] $6.6
University of Pittsburgh $1.530[8] $1.803[1] $2.254[2] $2.334[3] $1.837[4] $2.033[5]
University of Richmond $1.208[8] $1.388[1] $1.655[2] $1.704[3] $1.417[4] $1.615[5]
University of Rochester $1.370[8] $1.491[1] $1.726[2] $1.731[3] $1.315[4] $1.368[5]
University of Southern California $2.746[8] $3.066[1] $3.715[2] $3.589[3] $2.671[4] $2.948[5]
University of Texas System (system-wide)[11] $11.610[8] $13.235[1] $15.614[2] $16.111[3] $12.163[4] $14.052[5]
University of Virginia $3.219[8] $3.618[1] $4.370[2] $4.526[3] $3.577[4] $4.457[5] $5.240
University of Washington $1.490[8] $1.794[1] $2.184[2] $2.262[3] $1.649[4] $1.830[5]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
(UW Foundation only)		 $1.125[8] $1.426[1] $1.645[2] $1.735[3] $1.373[4] $1.551[5]
Vanderbilt University $2.628[8] $2.946[1] $3.487[2] $3.524[3] $2.834[4] $3.044[5]
Wake Forest University $0.907[8] $1.042[1] $1.249[2] $1.254[3] $0.887[4] $0.938[5]
Washington University in St. Louis $4.268[8] $4.684[1] $5.658[2] $5.350[3] $4.081[4] $4.473[5] $5.350
Wellesley College $1.276[8] $1.412[1] $1.657[2] $1.611[3] $1.266[4] $1.307[5]
Williams College $1.348[8] $1.462[1] $1.892[2] $1.808[3] $1.409[4] $1.527[5] $1.784
Yale University $15.224[8] $18.031[1] $22.530[2] $22.870[3] $16.327[4] $16.652[5] $19.400
Yeshiva University $1.149[8] $1.273[1] $1.410[2] $1.345[3] $0.979[4] $1.028[5]

Endowment per student

Note that references for the 2005 figures in the table below have not been provided, other than for Bryn Athyn College; presumably the 2005 figures come from the Chronicle of Higher Education (see next footnote), though this has not been confirmed; note also that the 2005 figures from the Chronicle are suspect (Bryn Athyn, for example, has only 150 students according to the college's own website, not 374 as the Chronicle's ranking states).

Note that there are some inconsistencies in calculating the 2006 figures in the table below; figures for some schools (e.g., Princeton, Yale, Swarthmore, Williams, Davidson) are based on referenced, overall endowment estimates from early 2007; figures for other schools are based on referenced, overall endowment reports from 2006; furthermore, some figures are calculated with enrollment numbers that include students studying off campus (e.g., Middlebury), while other calculations exclude off-campus students (e.g., Bowdoin); finally, although most calculations are based on enrollments for 2006–2007, some derive from the 2005–2006 academic year (e.g., Bowdoin); eliminating these inconsistencies is difficult due to variations in schools' reporting practices.

Institution Endowment per student (2005)
in USD		 Endowment per student (2006)
in USD		 Endowment per student (2011)
in USD
Princeton University $1,679,380. $1,900,000.[14]
Bryn Athyn College $803,626. $1,770,994.[15]
Yale University $1,342,099. $1,751,927.[16][17] $1,663,807.[18]
Rice University $1,413,793. $1,557,600.[1][19]
Harvard University $1,291,051. $1,456,940.[20] $1,523,809.[21]
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering $1,371,287 $1,412,147.[1]
Grinnell College $893,666. $1,076,056.[22][23]
Stanford University $794,620. $946,944.[24][25] $1,053,236.[6][26]
Pomona College $837,825. $942,530.[27]
Swarthmore College $789,735. $841,000.[14] $1,063,810.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $650,430. $816,161.[28][29]
Amherst College $700,850. $820,846.
Baylor College of Medicine $426,326. $790,002.[1][30]
Williams College $666,193. $783,000.[14] $815,346.[14]
California Institute of Technology $653,726. $945,140.[31][32]
Dartmouth College $475,859. $614,035.[33][34]
Wellesley College $557,243. $603,969.[35]
University of Notre Dame $481,738.[36][37]
Hamilton College $435,032.[38]
Norfolk State University $421,167
Northwestern University $440,068. $418,202.[39]
Smith College $361,572. $405,737.[1][40]
Bowdoin College $404,955.[41][42][43]
Haverford College $387,785.[1][44]
Emory University $360,662. $380,937.[45]
University of Rochester $379,774.
Middlebury College $367,830.[1][46]
Duke University $350,727.[1][47]
Washington University in St. Louis $346,325.[1][48]
Denison University $333,333.[49]
Claremont McKenna College $352,219. $327,543.[50]
Lafayette College $324,594.[51]
Bryn Mawr College $322,261.[1][52]
Washington and Lee University $315,000
Wabash College $311,086
Trinity University (Texas) $305,120.[53]
Berry College $300,203.[54]
Carleton College $292,112.[1][55]
Virginia Military Institute $291,001.[56]
Vassar College $281,500.[57]
Davidson College $250,000.[14]
Columbia University $212,598. $240,951.[58][59]
College of the Holy Cross $221,962.[60]
University of the Ozarks $151,453.[61]
University of Michigan $157,512.[62]
The University of Texas at Austin $144,880.[62]
Southern Methodist University(SMU) $90,898.[63] $102,491.[64]
Babson College $58,560 $66,685.[1]
College of William & Mary $58,023. $63,773.[1][65]
Rochester Institute of Technology $41,372.[66]

See also

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