Endowment funds of the 120 colleges and universities with the largest amounts, by rank order: 2001 and 2002

width="670" align="center">Table 361. Endowment funds of the 120 colleges and universities with the largest amounts, by rank order: 2001 and 2002 border="0" align="center"> >___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Market value of | One- || | | Market value of | One- | endowment, as of | year || | | endowment, as of | year June 30 (in thou- |percent|| | Rank | June 30 (in thou- |percent sands of dollars) |change || Institution |order\1\| sands of dollars) |change |der\1\|_______________________________| \2\ || | |______________________| \2\ 2001 | 2002 | || | | 2001 | 2002 | _______________|_______________|_______||_________________________________________|________|__________|___________|_______ 3 | 4 | 5 || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 _______________|_______________|_______||_________________________________________|________|__________|___________|_______ | | ||Saint Louis University (MO) .............| 61 | 819,115| 692,126| -15.5 | $185,498,105| $175,489,026| -5.4||University of Tulsa (OK) ................| 62 |\5\730,949| \5\679,691| -7.0 |_______________|_______________|_______||Lehigh University (PA) ..................| 63 | 739,024| 677,761| -8.3 17,950,843| 17,169,757| -4.4||Carnegie Mellon University (PA) .........| 64 | 756,930| 667,807| -11.8 10,700,000| 10,523,600| -1.6||Syracuse University (NY) ................| 65 | 735,484| 657,769| -10.6 9,363,588| 8,630,679| -7.8|| | | | | 8,359,000| 8,319,600| -0.5||University of Iowa\4\ ...................| 66 | 635,507| 657,682| 3.5 5 |\3\ 8,249,551|\3\ 7,613,000| -7.7||Tufts University (MA) ...................| 67 | 548,998| 651,808| 18.7 | | ||George Washington University (DC) .......| 68 | 713,060| 646,964| -9.3 6,134,712| 5,359,423| -12.6||University of Alabama System ............| 69 |\6\616,015| 624,839| 1.4 4,315,998| 4,551,873| 5.5||Georgetown University (DC) ..............| 70 | 685,473| 606,718| -11.5 4,292,793| 4,208,373| -2.0|| | | | | 4,702,729| 4,199,067| -10.7||Tulane University (LA) ..................| 71 | 638,871| 600,964| -5.9 4,030,881| 3,743,442| -7.1||Trinity University (TX) .................| 72 |\5\649,936| \5\599,347| -7.8 | | ||University of Tennessee System ..........| 73 | 420,511| 588,089| 39.9 3,951,509| 3,517,104| -11.0||Baylor University (TX) ..................| 74 |\5\614,480| \5\584,333| -4.9 3,381,848| 3,393,297| 0.3||University of Florida\4\ ................| 75 | 635,143| 583,407| -8.1 3,614,100| 3,375,689| -6.6|| | | | | 3,516,238| 3,255,368| -7.4||Boston University (MA) ..................| 76 | 664,581| 578,473| -13.0 3,256,282| 3,022,733| -7.2||University of Oklahoma\4\ ...............| 77 | 602,981| 569,722| -5.5 | | ||Middlebury College (VT) .................| 78 | 627,332| 563,124| -10.2 3,243,033| 2,939,804| -9.4||Vassar College (NY) .....................| 79 | 616,174| 554,199| -10.1 3,131,375| 2,927,478| -6.5||Oberlin College (OH) ....................| 80 | 595,495| 535,735| -10.0 3,151,384| 2,853,742| -9.4|| | | | | 2,829,914| 2,554,004| -9.7||Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) ...| 81 | 618,912| 530,850| -14.2 2,414,231| 2,186,610| -9.4||Michigan State University ...............| 82 | 448,570| 523,284| 16.7 | | ||Wesleyan University (CT) ................| 83 | 520,674| 484,289| -7.0 2,086,245| 2,130,977| 2.1||Lafayette College (PA) ..................| 84 | 485,482| 479,989| -1.1 2,159,614| 2,019,612| -6.5||University of Louisville (KY)\4\ ........| 85 | 503,207| 478,917| -4.8 1,822,713| 1,695,150| -7.0|| | | | | 1,708,199| 1,686,625| -1.3||Washington State University .............| 86 | 468,849| 473,225| 0.9 1,436,607| 1,414,285| -1.6||Carleton College (MN) ...................| 87 | 543,456| 457,488| -15.8 | | ||University of California, Los Angeles\4\ | 88 | 471,438| 453,796| -3.7 1,434,000| 1,347,054| -6.1||University of Maryland System\4\ ........| 89 | 506,744| 453,146| -10.6 1,431,942| 1,320,078| -7.8||Macalester College (MN) .................| 90 | 500,372| 442,395| -11.6 1,361,200| 1,288,100| -5.4|| | | | | 1,118,300| 1,177,600| 5.3||Colgate University (NY)..................| 91 | 464,535| 439,437| -5.4 1,365,798| 1,154,540| -15.5||Washington and Lee University (VA) ......| 92 | 438,392| 435,561| -0.6 | | ||Bowdoin College (ME) ....................| 93 | 433,244| 430,623| -0.6 1,103,082| 1,153,362| 4.6||University of Miami (FL) ................| 94 |\5\457,843| \5\426,955| -6.7 1,245,406| 1,141,722| -8.3||Northeastern University (MA) ............| 95 | 493,926| 422,920| -14.4 927,806| 1,111,726| 19.8|| | | | | 1,217,118| 1,098,939| -9.7||University of Georgia\4\ ................| 96 | 396,765| 421,807| 6.3 1,024,671| 1,075,153| 4.9||Santa Clara University (CA) .............| 97 | 434,071| 406,694| -6.3 | | ||Hamilton College (NY) ...................| 98 | 431,037| 400,374| -7.1 1,045,750| 1,070,772| 2.4||Bryn Mawr College (PA) ..................| 99 | 433,854| 400,332| -7.7 1,207,408| 1,060,043| -12.2||Pepperdine University (CA) ..............| 100 | 437,051| 399,400| -8.6 1,135,925| 1,032,465| -9.1|| | | | | 1,099,930| 1,018,179| -7.4||Denison University (OH) .................| 101 | 430,467| 399,317| -7.2 1,122,055| 998,201| -11.0||University of Kentucky ..................| 102 | 419,211| 397,763| -5.1 | | ||State University of New York/Buffalo\4\ .| 103 | 428,085| 388,216| -9.3 1,003,832| 964,313| -3.9||Rutgers University (NJ) .................| 104 | 405,405| 386,738| -4.6 922,920| 955,991| 3.6||Brandeis University (MA) ................| 105 | 397,046| 384,335| -3.2 949,923| 894,236| -5.9|| | | | | 909,268| 894,031| -1.7||University of Houston System (TX) ......| 106 | 440,620| 382,024| -13.3 937,612| 891,190| -5.0||DePauw University (IN) ..................| 107 | 449,509| 378,910| -15.7 | | ||University of Colorado\4\ ...............| 108 | 393,458| 378,561| -3.8 984,150| 885,915| -10.0||Bucknell University (PA) ................| 109 | 428,878| 364,634| -15.0 898,424| 881,949| -1.8||Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) ..| 110 | 451,523| 358,671| -20.6 928,398| 868,225| -6.5|| | | | | 831,438| 864,020| 3.9||College of William and Mary (VA)\4\ .....| 111 | 367,510| 357,012| -2.9 890,511| 860,189| -3.4||Mount Holyoke College (MA) ..............| 112 | 388,472| 355,915| -8.4 | | ||Colorado College ........................| 113 | 390,129| 351,404| -9.9 917,254| 851,253| -7.2||Louisiana State University System .......| 114 | 326,122| 348,291| 6.8 872,388|\5\ 831,116| -4.7||University of Mississippi\4\ ............| 115 | 320,490| 346,425| 8.1 913,072| 829,516| -9.2|| | | | | 837,064| 769,064| -8.1||Agnes Scott College (GA) ................| 116 | 346,894| 338,509| -2.4 738,500| 747,700| 1.2||College of the Holy Cross (MA) ..........| 117 | 362,305| 336,614| -7.1 | | ||Trinity College (CT) ....................| 118 | 343,242| 336,232| -2.0 770,168| 741,737| -3.7||Iowa State University\4\ ................| 119 | 368,332| 335,927| -8.8 812,389| 732,570| -9.8||Texas Tech University (TX) ..............| 120 |\5\316,483| \5\332,456| 5.0 831,765| 732,186| -12.0|| | | | | 788,263| 716,523| -9.1|| | | | | 808,326| 698,082| -13.6|| | | | | _______________|_______________|_______||_________________________________________|________|__________|___________|_______

\1\Institutions ranked by size of endowment in 2002.
\2\Change in market value of endowment. Includes growth from gifts and returns on investments, as well as reductions from expenditures and withdrawals.
\3\As of August 31.
\4\Includes foundations.
\5\As of May 31.
\6\As of September 30.

NOTE: Data include institutions participating in the comparative-performance study by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Association of College and University Business Officers, NACUBO Endowment Study, 2001 and 2002. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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