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Table 349.Endowment funds of the 120 institutions of higher education with the largest amounts: Fiscal year 1994

    
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                                                |        |   Market value  ||                                            |         |   Market value
                                                |        |   of endowment, ||                                            |         |   of endowment,
                                                |  Rank  |    in thousands ||                                            |  Rank   |   in thousands
                  Institution                   |order\1\|     of dollars  ||                Institution                 |order\1\ |    of dollars
                                                |        |      (end of    ||                                            |         |      (end of
                                                |        |    fiscal year) ||                                            |         |   fiscal year)
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                       1                        |   2    |         3       ||                     1                      |    2    |         3
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                                                |        |                 ||                                            |         |
United States (all institutions) ...............|    --- |     $96,012,591 ||                                            |         |
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120 institutions receving the largest amounts ..|    --- |      68,927,999 ||                                            |         |
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Harvard University (MA) ........................|      1 |       6,201,220 ||Middlebury College (VT) ....................|      61 |        323,363
University of Texas at Austin ..................|      2 |\2\    3,626,536 ||Wesleyan University (CT) ...................|      62 |        319,454
Yale University (CT) ...........................|      3 |       3,537,232 ||Baylor University (TX) .....................|      63 |        318,355
Stanford University (CA) .......................|      4 |       2,954,121 ||Vassar College (NY) ........................|      64 |        316,269
Princeton University (NJ) ......................|      5 |       2,648,130 ||Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus .|      65 |        312,281
                                                |        |                 ||                                            |         |
Columbia University (NY) .......................|      6 |       2,028,021 ||Washington And Lee University (VA) .........|      66 |        308,289
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ..........|      7 |       1,777,777 ||Lafayette College (PA) .....................|      67 |        285,234
University of California System ................|      8 |\2\    1,771,552 ||Saint Louis University, Main Campus (MO) ...|      68 |        285,178
Washington University (MO) .....................|      9 |       1,715,490 ||Tulane University of Louisiana .............|      69 |        284,033
Emory University (GA) ..........................|     10 |       1,634,629 ||Yeshiva University (NY) ....................|      70 |        277,206
                                                |        |                 ||                                            |         |
University of Pennsylvania .....................|     11 |       1,464,455 ||Oberlin College (OH) .......................|      71 |        267,844
Rice University (TX) ...........................|     12 |       1,278,524 ||Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) ......|      72 |        265,166
Northwestern University (IL) ...................|     13 |       1,268,708 ||Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY) ........|      73 |        243,084
University of Chicago (IL) .....................|     14 |       1,186,600 ||The Juilliard School (NY) ..................|      74 |        241,140
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ..............|     15 |       1,009,840 ||University of Miami (FL) ...................|      75 |        239,692
                                                |        |                 ||                                            |         |
Cornell University-Endowed Colleges (NY) .......|     16 |         897,941 ||Syracuse University, Main Campus (NY) ......|      76 |        232,464
University of Notre Dame (IN) ..................|     17 |         878,927 ||Purdue University, Main Campus (IN) ........|      77 |        225,414
Dartmouth College (NH) .........................|     18 |         869,925 ||Bryn Mawr College (PA) .....................|      78 |        222,914
Vanderbilt University (TN) .....................|     19 |         859,947 ||Mount Holyoke College (MA) .................|      79 |        222,899
University of Southern California ..............|     20 |         791,355 ||Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) .....|      80 |        221,662
                                                |        |                 ||                                            |         |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) ..................|     21 |\2\      746,777 ||Carleton College (MN) ......................|      81 |        218,577
New York University ............................|     22 |         710,379 ||Tufts University (MA) ......................|      82 |        217,298
Duke University (NC) ...........................|     23 |         699,002 ||Northeastern University (MA) ...............|      83 |        217,278
University of Rochester (NY) ...................|     24 |         662,578 ||Thomas Jefferson University (PA) ...........|      84 |        214,325
University of Virginia, Main Campus ............|     25 |         634,774 ||Cornell University Medical College (NY) ....|      85 |        212,411
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Brown University (RI) ..........................|     26 |         607,699 ||University of Texas, Southwest Medical Ctr. |      86 |        207,659
Rockefeller University (NY) ....................|     27 |         597,069 ||Brigham Young University (UT) ..............|      87 |        201,893
California Institute of Technology .............|     28 |         591,885 ||Colgate University (NY) ....................|      88 |        199,233
Case Western Reserve University (OH) ...........|     29 |         557,145 ||Loyola University in New Orleans (LA) ......|      89 |        198,266
Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) ............|     30 |         487,424 ||Brandeis University (MA) ...................|      90 |        194,306
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Wellesley College (MA) .........................|     31 |         484,126 ||Bowdoin College (ME) .......................|      91 |        193,962
Ohio State University, Main Campus .............|     32 |         479,281 ||Agnes Scott College (GA) ...................|      92 |        193,560
Macalester College (MN) ........................|     33 |         470,938 ||Rush University (IL) .......................|      93 |        193,031
Loyola University of Chicago (IL) ..............|     34 |         463,556 ||Claremont McKenna College (CA) .............|      94 |        189,749
Swarthmore College (PA) ........................|     35 |         458,053 ||Trinity College (CT) .......................|      95 |        183,995
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Southern Methodist University (TX) .............|     36 |         450,690 ||Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. |      96 |        167,222
Boston College (MA) ............................|     37 |         449,685 ||Hamilton College (NY) ......................|      97 |        166,598
Smith College (MA) .............................|     38 |         442,071 ||Rutgers, The State U., Central Office (NJ) .|      98 |\2\     165,170
Texas Christian University .....................|     39 |         440,470 ||University of Tennessee (Central office) ...|      99 |        164,861
University of Washington .......................|     40 |         440,290 ||Regent University (VA) .....................|     100 |        161,688
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Grinnell College (IA) ..........................|     41 |         417,409 ||Academy of the New Church (PA) .............|     101 |        161,053
Williams College (MA) ..........................|     42 |         416,959 ||Colorado College ...........................|     102 |        159,240
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) ................|     43 |         414,700 ||Santa Clara University (CA) ................|     103 |        154,371
University of Delaware .........................|     44 |         408,487 ||University of Alabama ......................|     104 |        153,365
University of Richmond (VA) ....................|     45 |         404,157 ||University of New Mexico, Main Campus ......|     105 |\2\     153,285
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Baylor College of Medicine (TX) ................|     46 |         403,262 ||North Carolina State University at Raleigh .|     106 |        152,568
Pomona College (CA) ............................|     47 |         388,539 ||College of the Holy Cross (MA) .............|     107 |        152,449
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) .....|     48 |         373,498 ||Earlham College (IN) .......................|     108 |        151,874
Wake Forest University (NC) ....................|     49 |         368,434 ||Denison University (OH) ....................|     109 |        149,613
George Washington University (DC) ..............|     50 |         366,546 ||Wabash College (IN) ........................|     110 |        148,798
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University of Tulsa (OK) .......................|     51 |         361,825 ||State University of New York at Buffalo ....|     111 |\3\     147,848
Berea College (KY) .............................|     52 |         352,704 ||University of the South (TN) ...............|     112 |        147,516
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH) .....|     53 |         352,160 ||Cornell University, Statutory Colleges (NY) |     113 |\3\     147,314
Lehigh University (PA) .........................|     54 |         344,400 ||Southwestern University (TX) ...............|     114 |        146,074
Trinity University (TX) ........................|     55 |         343,490 ||Occidental College (CA) ....................|     115 |        145,345
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Georgetown University (DC) .....................|     56 |         343,166 ||University of Louisville (KY) ..............|     116 |        145,313
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ...........|     57 |         340,382 ||University of Wisconsin, Madison ...........|     117 |        144,299
Boston University (MA) .........................|     58 |         337,170 ||Texas A & M University .....................|     118 |        142,864
Amherst College (MA) .........................  |     59 |         331,637 ||Franklin And Marshall College (PA) .........|     119 |        140,100
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ....|     60 |         327,956 ||Union College (NY) .........................|     120 |        139,987
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1 Institutions ranked by size of endowment. Excludes institutions which have not reported data for 1993-94.

2 Includes some funds from other branch campuses.

3 Some funds included with other branch campus reports.

---Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance, 1993-94" survey. (This table was prepared October 1996.)


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