Colleges with the largest endowment funds

January 5, 2010

Here is a list of colleges with huge endowment funds.

Institution  

Endowment (2005)
billion USD  

Endowment (2006)
billion USD  

Endowment (2007)
billion USD  

Endowment (2008)
billion USD  

Amherst College $ 1.155[1] $ 1.337[2] $ 1.662[3] $ 1.705[4]
Baylor College of Medicine $ 1.008[1] $ 1.059[2] $ 1.278[3] $ 1.091[4]
Baylor University $ 1.008[1] $ 0.870[2] $ 1.278[3] $ 1.060[4]
Berea College $ 0.862[1] $ 0.949[2] $ 1.102[3] $ 1.023[4]
Boston College $ 1.270[1] $ 1.448[2] $ 1.670[3] $ 1.631[4]
Boston University $ 0.777[1] $ 0.916[2] $ 1.101[3] $ 1.145[4]
Brown University $ 1.844[1] $ 2.167[2] $ 2.781[3] $ 2.747[4]
California Institute of Technology $ 1.418[1] $ 1.581[2] $ 1.860[3] $ 1.892[4]
Carnegie Mellon University $ 0.837[1] $ 0.939[2] $ 1.116[3] $ 1.068[4]
Case Western Reserve University $ 1.516[1] $ 1.599[2] $ 1.841[3] $ 1.766[4]
Columbia University $ 5.191[1] $ 5.938[2] $ 7.150[3] $ 7.147[4]
Cornell University $ 3.777[1] $ 4.321[2] $ 5.425[3] $ 5.385[4]
Dartmouth College $ 2.714[1] $ 3.092[2] $ 3.760[3] $ 3.660[4]
Duke University $ 3.826[1] $ 4.498[2] $ 5.910[3] $ 6.124[4]
Emory University $ 4.376[1] $ 4.870[2] $ 5.562[3] $ 5.473[4]
George Washington University $ 0.823[1] $ 0.963[2] $ 1.147[3] $ 1.256[4]
Georgetown University $ 0.741[1] $ 0.834[2] $ 1.059[3] $ 1.059[4]
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech Foundation only)
$ 0.937[1] $ 1.047[2] $ 1.281[3] $ 1.344[4]
Grinnell College $ 1.391[1] $ 1.472[2] $ 1.718[3] $ 1.472[4]
Harvard University $ 25.473[1] $ 28.916[2] $ 34.635[3] $ 36.556[4]
Indiana University (system-wide)[5] $ 1.107[1] $ 1.276[2] $ 1.557[3] $ 1.546[4]
Johns Hopkins University $ 2.177[1] $ 2.351[2] $ 2.800[3] $ 2.525[4]
Lehigh University $ 0.845[1] $ 0.939[2] $ 1.086[3] $ 1.127[4]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $ 6.712[1] $ 8.368[2] $ 9.980[3] $ 10.069[4]
Michigan State University $ 0.906[1] $ 1.048[2] $ 1.248[3] $ 1.282[4]
New York University $ 1.548[1] $ 1.775[2] $ 2.162[3] $ 2.475[4]
Northwestern University $ 4.215[1] $ 5.141[2] $ 6.503[3] $ 7.244[4]
Ohio State University $ 1.726[1] $ 1.997[2] $ 2.338[3] $ 2.076[4]
Pennsylvania State University $ 1.175[1] $ 1.326[2] $ 1.590[3] $ 1.545[4]
Pomona College $ 1.299[1] $ 1.457[2] $ 1.761[3] $ 1.794[4]
Princeton University $ 11.207[1] $ 13.045[2] $ 15.787[3] $ 16.349[4]
Princeton Theological Seminary $ 0.864[1] $ 0.945[2] $ 1.109[3] $ 1.018[4]
Purdue University (system-wide)[5] $ 1.341[1] $ 1.494[2] $ 1.787[3] $ 1.736[4]
Rice University $ 3.611[1] $ 3.986[2] $ 4.670[3] $ 4.610[4]
Rockefeller University $ 1.557[1] $ 1.772[2] $ 2.144[4] $ 2.021[4]
Smith College $ 1.036[1] $ 1.156[2] $ 1.361[3] $ 1.366[4]
Southern Methodist University(SMU) $ 1.014[1] $ 1.122[2] $ 1.328[3] $ 1.368[4]
Stanford University $ 12.205[1] $ 14.085[2] $ 17.165[3] $ 17.200[4]
Swarthmore College $ 1.164[1] $ 1.245[2] $ 1.441[3] $ 1.413[4]
Syracuse University $ 0.818[1] $ 0.908[2] $ 1.086[3] $ 0.985[4]
Texas A&M University System (system-wide)[5] $ 4.964[1] $ 5.643[2] $ 6.590[3] $ 6.659[4]
Texas Christian University $ 0.942[1] $ 1.016[2] $ 1.187[3] $ 1.260[4]
Trinity University (Texas) $ 0.733[1] $ 0.814[2] $ 0.931[3] $ 1.035[4]
Tufts University $ 0.845[1] $ 1.215[2] $ 1.452[3] $ 1.446[4]
Tulane University $ 0.780[1] $ 0.858[2] $ 1.009[3] $ 1.036[4]
University of California (system-wide)[5] $ 5.222[1] $ 5.734[2] $ 6.439[3] $ 6.217[4]
University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA Foundation only)
$ 0.668[1] $ 0.805[2] $ 0.975[3] $ 1.054[4]
University of Chicago $ 4.137[1] $ 4.867[2] $ 6.204[3] $ 6.632[4]
University of Cincinnati $ 1.032[1] $ 1.101[2] $ 1.185[3] $ 1.099[4]
University of Delaware $ 1.077[1] $ 1.223[2] $ 1.397[3] $ 1.340[4]
University of Florida (UF Foundation only) $ 0.836[1] $ 0.996[2] $ 1.219[3] $ 1.251[4]
University of Illinois (system-wide)[5] $ 1.148[1] $ 1.252[2] $ 1.515[3] $ 1.460[4]
University of Kansas (system-wide)[5] $ 0.955[1] $ 1.049[2] $ 1.239[3] $ 1.218[4]
University of Michigan $ 4.931[1] $ 5.652[2] $ 7.090[3] $ 7.572[4]
University of Minnesota $ 1.969[1] $ 2.224[2] $ 2.804[3] $ 2.751[4]
University of Missouri (system-wide)[5] $ 0.849[1] $ 0.944[2] $ 1.098[3] $ 1.025[4]
University of Nebraska (system-wide)[5] $ 1.042[1] $ 1.153[2] $ 1.277[3] $ 1.221[4]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $ 1.486[1] $ 1.149[2] $ 2.164[3] $ 2.359[4]
University of Notre Dame $ 3.650[1] $ 4.437[2] $ 5.977[3] $ 6.226[4]
University of Oklahoma $ 0.777[1] $ 0.960[2] $ 1.114[3] $ 1.155[4]
University of Pennsylvania $ 4.370[1] $ 5.313[2] $ 6.635[3] $ 6.233[4]
University of Pittsburgh $ 1.530[1] $ 1.803[2] $ 2.254[3] $ 2.334[4]
University of Richmond $ 1.208[1] $ 1.388[2] $ 1.655[3] $ 1.704[4]
University of Rochester $ 1.370[1] $ 1.491[2] $ 1.726[3] $ 1.731[4]
University of Southern California $ 2.746[1] $ 3.066[2] $ 3.715[3] $ 3.589[4]
University of Texas System (system-wide)[5] $ 11.610[1] $ 13.235[2] $ 15.614[3] $ 16.111[4]
University of Virginia $ 3.219[1] $ 3.618[2] $ 4.370[3] $ 4.573[4]
University of Washington $ 1.490[1] $ 1.794[2] $ 2.184[3] $ 2.262[4]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
(UW Foundation only)
$ 1.125[1] $ 1.426[2] $ 1.645[3] $ 1.735[4]
Vanderbilt University $ 2.628[1] $ 2.946[2] $ 3.487[3] $ 3.524[4]
Wake Forest University $ 0.907[1] $ 1.042[2] $ 1.249[3] $ 1.254[4]
Washington University in St. Louis $ 4.268[1] $ 4.684[2] $ 5.658[3] $ 5.350[4]
Wellesley College $ 1.276[1] $ 1.412[2] $ 1.657[3] $ 1.611[4]
Williams College $ 1.348[1] $ 1.462[2] $ 1.892[3] $ 1.808[4]
Yale University $ 15.224[1] $ 18.031[2] $ 22.530[3] $ 22.870[4]
Yeshiva University $ 1.149[1] $ 1.273[2] $ 1.410[3] $ 1.345[4]

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