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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 357. Endowment funds of the 120 colleges and universities with the largest amounts, by rank order: 2004 and 2005
Institution Rank order1  Market value of endowment, as of June 30
(in thousands of dollars)
1-year percent change2 
2004 2005
1 2 3 4 5
120 institutions with the largest amounts in 2005  $208,425,902 $235,109,739 128
Harvard University (MA) 1 22,143,649 25,473,721 150
Yale University (CT) 2 12,747,150 15,224,900 194
Stanford University (CA) 3 9,922,000 12,205,000 230
University of Texas System 4 10,336,687 11,610,997 123
Princeton University (NJ) 5 9,928,200 11,206,500 129
      
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6 5,865,212 6,712,436 144
University of California 7 4,767,466 5,221,916 95
Columbia University (NY) 8 4,493,085 5,190,564 155
Texas A&M University System3  9 4,373,047 4,963,879 135
University of Michigan 10 4,163,382 4,931,338 184
      
Emory University (GA) 11 4,535,587 4,376,272 -35
University of Pennsylvania 12 4,018,660 4,369,782 87
Washington University (MO) 13 4,000,823 4,268,415 67
Northwestern University (IL) 14 3,668,405 4,215,275 149
University of Chicago (IL) 15 3,620,728 4,137,494 143
      
Duke University (NC) 16 3,313,859 3,826,153 155
Cornell University (NY) 17 3,238,350 3,777,092 166
University of Notre Dame (IN) 18 3,095,703 3,650,224 179
Rice University (TX) 19 3,302,455 3,611,127 93
University of Virginia 20 2,793,225 3,219,098 152
      
University of Southern California 21 2,399,960 2,746,051 144
Dartmouth College (NH) 22 2,454,293 2,714,300 106
Vanderbilt University (TN) 23 2,296,262 2,628,437 145
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 24 2,055,542 2,176,909 59
University of Minnesota3  25 1,730,063 1,968,930 138
      
Brown University (RI) 26 1,647,295 1,843,904 119
Ohio State University3  27 1,541,175 1,726,007 120
Rockefeller University (NY) 28 1,394,782 1,556,945 116
New York University 29 1,449,500 1,548,000 68
University of Pittsburgh (PA) 30 1,364,882 1,529,884 121
      
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 31 1,441,819 1,516,481 52
University of Washington 32 1,315,894 1,489,924 132
University of NC, Chapel Hill3  33 1,317,211 1,486,147 128
California Institute of Technology 34 1,261,122 1,417,931 124
Grinnell College (IA) 35 1,291,781 1,390,545 76
      
University of Rochester (NY) 36 1,261,562 1,369,969 86
Williams College (MA) 37 1,229,516 1,348,374 97
Purdue University (IN) 38 1,207,131 1,340,536 111
Pomona College (CA) 39 1,149,720 1,298,629 130
Wellesley College (MA) 40 1,179,988 1,275,529 81
      
Boston College (MA) 41 1,150,148 1,270,303 104
University of Richmond (VA) 42 1,103,465 1,207,573 94
Pennsylvania State University 43 1,056,078 1,174,828 112
Swarthmore College (PA) 44 1,080,026 1,164,069 78
Amherst College (MA) 45 993,417 1,154,570 162
      
Yeshiva University (NY) 46 1,003,024 1,148,687 145
University of Illinois3  47 1,058,167 1,147,517 84
University of Wisconsin3  48 994,172 1,124,855 131
Indiana University3  49 1,012,707 1,107,498 94
University of Delaware 50 995,889 1,077,102 82
      
University of Nebraska3  51 959,861 1,042,290 86
Smith College (MA) 52 924,464 1,035,542 120
University of Cincinnati (OH) 53 987,785 1,032,124 45
Southern Methodist University (TX) 54 914,527 1,013,703 108
Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 55 972,351 1,008,261 37
      
Kansas University Endowment Association 56 849,255 954,943 124
Texas Christian University 57 868,907 941,798 84
Georgia Institute of Technology3  58 814,963 937,410 150
Wake Forest University (NC) 59 812,192 906,803 116
Michigan State University 60 749,365 906,342 209
      
Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) 61 801,193 863,653 78
Berea College (KY) 62 794,963 861,679 84
University of Missouri System 63 762,248 848,612 113
Tufts University (MA) 64 752,428 845,389 124
Lehigh University (PA) 65 796,946 844,672 60
      
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 66 768,990 837,459 89
University of Florida (FL) 67 738,299 835,698 132
George Washington University (DC) 68 733,801 823,129 122
Syracuse University (NY) 69 770,167 818,258 62
University of Iowa3  70 737,704 786,100 66
      
Tulane University (LA) 71 692,665 780,200 126
University of Oklahoma3  72 631,376 777,514 231
Boston University (MA) 73 694,051 776,900 119
University of Tulsa (OK) 74 701,948 769,551 96
University of Alabama System 75 699,200 764,882 94
      
Baylor University (TX) 76 672,341 750,237 116
Georgetown University (DC) 77 680,611 741,063 89
Trinity University (TX) 78 673,572 733,261 89
Middlebury College (VT) 79 664,781 721,839 86
University of Tennessee System 80 666,085 714,968 73
      
Oberlin College (OH) 81 593,742 704,329 186
University of Arkansas3  82 626,446 691,524 104
Vassar College (NY) 83 608,261 672,010 105
University of California, Los Angeles3  84 586,839 668,338 139
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 85 570,175 624,279 95
      
University of Louisville (KY)3  86 554,840 607,636 95
University of Maryland System3  87 533,059 595,000 116
Lafayette College (PA) 88 544,317 587,418 79
Bowdoin College (ME) 89 514,243 578,206 124
University of Kentucky 90 526,589 576,721 95
      
Wesleyan University (CT) 91 517,631 564,879 91
Washington State University 92 515,571 553,287 73
Northeastern University (MA) 93 498,481 543,174 90
Carleton College (MN) 94 511,200 540,039 56
Washington and Lee University (VA) 95 477,504 531,992 114
      
Hamilton College (NY) 96 486,477 529,708 89
Macalester College (MN) 97 487,010 524,067 76
University of Miami (FL) 98 472,262 523,706 109
Brandeis University (MA) 99 467,821 519,538 111
University of Georgia3  100 474,596 517,170 90
      
Berry College (GA) 101 581,725 516,135 -113
University of Colorado3  102 468,744 512,371 93
Santa Clara University (CA) 103 449,543 509,149 133
Colgate University (NY) 104 463,436 508,665 98
Bryn Mawr College (PA) 105 477,444 505,861 60
      
Louisiana State University System 106 460,365 504,841 97
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) 107 472,363 498,990 56
Drexel University (PA) 108 424,346 497,918 173
Rutgers University (NJ) 109 449,889 496,292 103
Pepperdine University (CA) 110 434,457 475,841 95
      
Denison University (OH) 111 441,365 475,466 77
Bucknell University (PA) 112 429,402 472,070 99
College of the Holy Cross (MA) 113 419,222 465,304 110
State University of New York, Buffalo3  114 428,072 463,214 82
Texas Tech University (TX) 115 392,595 461,903 177
      
Florida State University3  116 412,020 459,959 116
University of Utah (UT) 117 394,461 458,531 162
Iowa State University (IA)3  118 400,621 456,627 140
DePauw University (IN) 119 410,001 451,576 101
Mount Holyoke College (MA) 120 397,464 449,108 130
1 Institutions ranked by size of endowment in 2005.
2 Change in market value of endowment. Includes growth from gifts and returns on investments, as well as reductions from expenditures and withdrawals.
3 Includes foundations.
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, 2005. (This table was prepared April 2006.)