This article ranks the 25 largest college and university endowments in the United States and provides individual academic institution rankings.
Nineteen of the five largest college and university endowments belong to private universities, seven of which are Ivy League schools.
Among the state universities and colleges, University of Texas, University of Michigan, University of California, Texas A&M; The University, University of Virginia and University of Minnesota administer the largest endowments.
The University of Notre-dame is the only federal religious institution to maintain one of the twenty-five largest. gifts
1. Great College and University Endorsements
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
$25.66 billion
Academic Ranking: (4-National)
2. Great College and University Endowments
Yale University
Newport, Connecticut
$16.33 billion
Academic Ranking: (2-National)
3. Great College and University Endowments
Stanford University
Stanford
$12.62 billion
Academic Ranking: (11-National)
4. Great College and University Endowments
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
$12.61 billion
Academic Ranking: (3-National)
5. Great College and University Endowments
University of Texas
$12.16 billion
Academic Ranking: University of Texas-Austin (7-Texas)
6. Great College and University Endowments
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
$7.98 billion
Academic Ranking: (8-National)
7. Great College and University Endowments
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Michigan
$6 billion
Academic Ranking: (5-Public)
8. Great College and University Endowments
Columbia University
New York, New York
$5.89 billion
Academic Ranking: (7-National)
9. Great College and University Endowments
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
$5.45 billion
Academic Ranking: (11-National)
10. Great College and University Endowments
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Tarentum
$5.17 billion
Academic Ranking: (11-National)
11. Great College and University Endowments
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$5.09 billion
Academic Ranking: (6-National)
12. Great College and University Endowments
Texas A&M; (systemwide)
$5.08 billion
Academic Ranking: Main Campus (10-Texas)
13. Great College and University Endowments
University of California (systemwide)
$4.94 billion
Academic Ranking: UC-Berkeley (3-Public); UCLA (10-Public); UCSD (16-Public)
14. Great College and University Endowments
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
$4.8 billion
Academic Ranking: (15-National)
15. Great College and University Endowments
Head of the University
Durham, North Carolina
$4.44 billion
Academic Ranking: (12-National)
16. Great College and University Endowments
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
$4.33 billion
Academic Ranking: (17-National)
17. Great College and University Endowments
University of Vienna in St
St. Louis, Missouri
$4.08 billion
Academic Ranking: (8-National)
18. Great College and University Endowments
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
$3.97 billion
Academic Ranking: (4-New York)
19. Great College and University Endowments
Rice University
Houston, Texas
$3.61 billion
Academic Ranking: (15-National)
20. Great College and University Endowments
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
$3.58 billion
Academic Ranking: (2-Public)
21. Great College and University Endowments
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
$2.83 billion
Academic Ranking: (14-National)
22. Great College and University Endowments
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
$2.82 billion
Academic Ranking: (10-National)
23. Great College and University Endowments
University of California (USC)
Los Angeles, California
$2.67 billion
Academic Ranking: (6-California)
24. Great College and University Endowments
New York University (NYU)
New York, New York
$2.09 billion
Academic Ranking: (8-New York)
25. Great College and University Endowments
University of Minnesota (systemwide)
$2.07 billion
Academic Ranking: Twin Cities Campus (19-Public)
Source: “2009 NACUBO-COMMONFUND STUDENT RESULTS” (National Association of College and University Presidents (Updated April 8, 2010)
Report:
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