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Table 333.90. Endowment funds of the 120 degree-granting postsecondary institutions with the largest endowments, by rank order: Fiscal year 2020
Institution Fiscal year (FY) 2020
Rank order, end of FY1 Market value of endowment
Beginning of FY
(in thousands)
End of FY
(in thousands)
Percent change2
1 2 3 4 5
United States (all institutions) $675,407,269 $691,019,781 2.3

120 institutions with the largest amounts
502,052,014 515,405,457 2.7
Harvard University 1 40,929,700 41,894,380 2.4
Yale University 2 30,314,816 31,201,686 2.9
The University of Texas System Office 3 29,842,396 30,522,120 2.3
Stanford University 4 27,699,834 28,948,111 4.5
Princeton University 5 25,623,628 25,944,283 1.3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 17,443,750 18,381,518 5.4
University of Pennsylvania 7 14,649,761 14,877,363 1.6
Texas A & M University-College Station 8 12,632,093 12,720,530 0.7
University of Notre Dame 9 11,565,964 12,319,422 6.5
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 10 12,273,834 12,308,473 0.3

University of California-System Administration Central Office
11 11,891,155 12,267,010 3.2
Columbia University in the City of New York 12 10,950,738 11,257,021 2.8
Emory University 13 8,626,248 9,169,028 6.3
Washington University in St Louis 14 8,008,925 8,489,294 6.0
Northwestern University 15 8,244,818 8,484,706 2.9

Duke University
16 8,609,004 8,474,071 -1.6
University of Chicago 17 7,244,603 7,199,521 -0.6
University of Virginia-Main Campus 18 6,953,904 7,146,476 2.8
Vanderbilt University 19 6,270,877 6,917,371 10.3
Cornell University 20 6,974,637 6,882,708 -1.3

Johns Hopkins University
21 6,275,939 6,750,092 7.6
Rice University 22 6,506,177 6,166,323 -5.2
Dartmouth College 23 5,731,322 5,975,180 4.3
University of Southern California 24 5,739,565 5,914,358 3.0
Ohio State University-Main Campus 25 5,233,313 5,263,434 0.6

The University of Texas at Austin
26 4,288,184 4,694,068 9.5
University of Wisconsin-Madison 27 4,579,680 4,587,597 0.2
New York University 28 4,219,660 4,578,665 8.5
Brown University 29 3,976,694 4,377,466 10.1
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 30 4,289,974 4,151,994 -3.2

University of Washington-Seattle Campus
31 3,699,979 3,713,005 0.4
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 32 3,714,676 3,699,522 -0.4
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 33 3,513,938 3,523,739 0.3
Michigan State University 34 3,455,316 3,473,657 0.5
The Pennsylvania State University 35 3,150,699 3,357,994 6.6

California Institute of Technology
36 2,987,001 3,085,500 3.3
Williams College 37 2,744,103 2,727,113 -0.6
Boston College 38 2,474,132 2,579,462 4.3
Amherst College 39 2,473,283 2,565,148 3.7
University of Iowa 40 1,578,933 2,530,872 60.3

Purdue University-Main Campus
41 2,539,232 2,497,825 -1.6
Boston University 42 2,292,537 2,421,115 5.6
University of Richmond 43 2,513,209 2,405,602 -4.3
University of California-Los Angeles 44 2,255,362 2,359,984 4.6
University of Rochester 45 2,318,529 2,329,949 0.5

Wellesley College
46 2,173,415 2,285,397 5.2
Brigham Young University 47 1,878,296 2,257,760 20.2
Pomona College 48 2,321,097 2,254,547 -2.9
University of California-Berkeley 49 2,143,756 2,173,287 1.4
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 50 2,229,707 2,169,707 -2.7

Swarthmore College
51 2,131,553 2,103,670 -1.3
Grinnell College 52 2,069,953 2,090,750 1.0
Carnegie Mellon University 53 1,983,602 2,068,860 4.3
Virginia Commonwealth University 54 2,057,178 1,992,338 -3.2
Smith College 55 1,913,253 1,907,178 -0.3

Tufts University
56 1,867,962 1,889,477 1.2
Georgetown University 57 1,822,484 1,863,711 2.3
Case Western Reserve University 58 1,866,500 1,850,806 -0.8
University of Florida 59 1,818,319 1,844,523 1.4
University of Kansas 60 1,842,170 1,830,892 -0.6

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
61 1,772,258 1,821,952 2.8
George Washington University 62 1,778,559 1,802,656 1.4
Bowdoin College 63 1,743,671 1,780,970 2.1
University of California-San Francisco 64 1,602,091 1,779,820 11.1
Liberty University 65 1,587,919 1,714,463 8.0

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
66 1,215,979 1,639,357 34.8
Washington and Lee University 67 1,676,308 1,630,163 -2.8
Southern Methodist University 68 1,633,431 1,614,131 -1.2
Texas Christian University 69 1,620,665 1,584,160 -2.3
Tulane University of Louisiana 70 1,423,305 1,458,648 2.5

University of Delaware
71 1,466,070 1,453,189 -0.9
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 72 1,400,655 1,417,705 1.2
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 73 1,449,732 1,414,930 -2.4
Syracuse University 74 1,392,691 1,390,553 -0.2
Baylor University 75 1,322,822 1,381,438 4.4

Trinity University
76 1,287,117 1,381,221 7.3
Lehigh University 77 1,411,641 1,369,863 -3.0
University of Kentucky 78 1,385,507 1,365,422 -1.4
University of Georgia 79 1,343,987 1,362,446 1.4
Wake Forest University 80 1,375,398 1,350,187 -1.8

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
81 1,348,500 1,329,400 -1.4
Medical College of Wisconsin 82 937,909 1,233,714 31.5
Soka University of America 83 1,270,123 1,231,957 -3.0
Berea College 84 1,218,740 1,222,167 0.3
MCPHS University 85 1,131,298 1,214,213 7.3

Indiana University-Bloomington
86 1,221,385 1,209,430 -1.0
University of Arkansas 87 1,221,935 1,209,277 -1.0
Baylor College of Medicine 88 1,173,489 1,205,391 2.7
Saint Louis University 89 1,252,678 1,197,421 -4.4
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 90 1,130,228 1,150,827 1.8

Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
91 1,195,427 1,147,557 -4.0
Princeton Theological Seminary 92 1,130,871 1,135,934 0.4
Middlebury College 93 1,157,786 1,133,644 -2.1
Wesleyan University 94 1,080,015 1,130,907 4.7
Vassar College 95 1,124,864 1,097,976 -2.4

Northeastern University
96 1,074,592 1,088,470 1.3
Washington State University 97 1,068,763 1,083,966 1.4
University of Tulsa 98 1,129,458 1,082,619 -4.1
Brandeis University 99 1,073,526 1,073,589 #
University of Utah 100 1,080,567 1,071,908 -0.8

University of Missouri-Columbia
101 1,052,760 1,065,747 1.2
The Juilliard School 102 1,103,572 1,063,434 -3.6
University of Miami 103 997,413 1,050,754 5.3
Iowa State University 104 1,056,849 1,034,248 -2.1
Santa Clara University 105 1,019,760 1,034,167 1.4

Hamilton College
106 969,362 1,020,321 5.3
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 107 1,309,494 1,008,858 -23.0
Oberlin College 108 984,675 999,380 1.5
University of Arizona 109 1,038,133 983,848 -5.2
Berry College 110 1,065,940 981,511 -7.9

William & Mary
111 995,874 967,685 -2.8
National University 112 780,839 966,159 23.7
Colgate University 113 949,230 959,653 1.1
Arizona State University Campus Immersion 114 922,103 958,682 4.0
Rochester Institute of Technology 115 957,232 954,032 -0.3

Claremont McKenna College
116 865,475 952,269 10.0
Thomas Jefferson University 117 954,177 941,025 -1.4
The University of Alabama 118 946,690 939,393 -0.8
University of Houston 119 861,212 930,030 8.0
Denison University 120 887,898 912,965 2.8
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
1 Institutions ranked by size of endowment at end of 2020 fiscal year.
2 Change in market value of endowment. Includes growth from gifts and returns on investments, as well as reductions from expenditures and withdrawals.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. In addition to individual degree-granting institution campuses, this table includes two state university systems (University of Texas System Office and University of California System Admin Central Office).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2021, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2022.)

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