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Digest of Education Statistics: 2014
Digest of Education Statistics: 2014

NCES 2016-006
April 2016


Table 333.90. Endowment funds of the 120 degree-granting postsecondary institutions with the largest endowments, by rank order: Fiscal year 2013
Institution Fiscal year (FY) 2013 Institution Fiscal year (FY) 2013
Rank order, end of FY1 Market value of endowment Rank order, end of FY1 Market value of endowment
Beginning of FY (in thousands) End of FY (in thousands) Percent change2 Beginning of FY (in thousands) End of FY (in thousands) Percent change2
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
United States (all institutions) $424,625,337 $466,659,158 9.9          
120 institutions with the largest amounts 315,119,508 344,895,467 9.4          
Harvard University (MA) 1 30,745,534 32,689,489 6.3 University of Delaware 61 1,087,873 1,171,166 7.7
Yale University (CT) 2 19,264,289 20,708,793 7.5 Weill Cornell Medical College (NY) 62 1,096,528 1,138,386 3.8
University of Texas System Office 3 17,070,515 19,740,283 15.6 Soka University of America (CA) 63 1,035,512 1,117,424 7.9
Princeton University (NJ) 4 17,404,002 18,786,132 7.9 Lehigh University (PA) 64 1,035,593 1,103,449 6.6
Stanford University (CA) 5 17,035,804 18,688,868 9.7 University of Iowa 65 981,104 1,094,803 11.6
                   
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6 10,149,564 10,857,976 7.0 Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 66 979,230 1,066,149 8.9
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 7 7,586,547 8,272,366 9.0 Wake Forest University (NC) 67 1,025,069 1,061,638 3.6
Columbia University in the City of New York (NY) 8 7,654,152 8,197,880 7.1 Baylor University (TX) 68 964,161 1,061,157 10.1
Texas A & M University, College Station 9 7,032,204 8,072,055 14.8 University of Kentucky 69 947,383 1,054,448 11.3
University of Pennsylvania 10 6,754,658 7,741,396 14.6 Brigham Young University, Provo (UT) 70 957,010 1,053,241 10.1
                   
University of Notre Dame (IN) 11 6,444,599 6,959,051 8.0 Syracuse University (NY) 71 940,056 1,053,214 12.0
University of California System Admin. Central Office 12 5,990,577 6,402,600 6.9 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 72 996,226 1,050,492 5.4
Northwestern University (IL) 13 5,574,319 6,283,130 12.7 University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH) 73 834,929 1,044,198 25.1
Emory University (GA) 14 5,774,500 6,115,582 5.9 Bowdoin College (ME) 74 902,364 1,038,640 15.1
Duke University (NC) 15 5,555,196 6,040,973 8.7 Yeshiva University (NY) 75 931,914 1,034,254 11.0
                   
University of Chicago (IL) 16 5,701,419 5,886,968 3.3 Tulane University of Louisiana 76 946,176 1,031,661 9.0
Washington University in St. Louis (MO) 17 5,303,196 5,749,297 8.4 Trinity University (TX) 77 915,918 1,013,929 10.7
University of Virginia, Main Campus 18 4,734,895 5,106,876 7.9 Berea College (KY) 78 942,618 1,012,401 7.4
Rice University (TX) 19 4,448,069 4,895,299 10.1 Middlebury College (VT) 79 879,690 972,992 10.6
Cornell University (NY) 20 3,850,426 4,133,842 7.4 Saint Louis University, Main Campus (MO) 80 852,842 956,014 12.1
                   
University of Southern California 21 3,488,933 3,868,355 10.9 Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) 81 866,930 941,110 8.6
Dartmouth College (NH) 22 3,486,383 3,733,596 7.1 University of Tulsa (OK) 82 802,455 893,055 11.3
Vanderbilt University (TN) 23 3,360,036 3,635,343 8.2 Juilliard School (NY) 83 787,698 882,012 12.0
Ohio State University, Main Campus 24 2,348,193 3,130,942 33.3 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 84 836,413 878,855 5.1
University of Texas at Austin 25 2,861,389 3,012,895 5.3 Vassar College (NY) 85 804,912 868,741 7.9
                   
New York University 26 2,800,399 2,980,027 6.4 Berry College (GA) 86 821,977 861,107 4.8
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus (PA) 27 2,600,314 2,956,739 13.7 University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus 87 784,834 845,635 7.7
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 28 2,593,316 2,918,546 12.5 Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 88 751,378 844,261 12.4
Brown University (RI) 29 2,525,091 2,669,948 5.7 Indiana University, Bloomington 89 772,185 835,123 8.2
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 30 2,365,693 2,610,544 10.4 University of Arkansas 90 770,550 819,814 6.4
                   
University of Washington, Seattle Campus 31 2,206,040 2,432,421 10.3 University of Miami (FL) 91 678,694 777,947 14.6
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 32 2,157,237 2,344,280 8.7 Washington State University 92 737,428 777,644 5.5
University of Wisconsin, Madison 33 2,068,495 2,295,273 11.0 Hamilton College (NY) 93 693,919 773,828 11.5
Purdue University, Main Campus (IN) 34 1,861,079 2,189,202 17.6 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 94 635,326 769,404 21.1
University of Richmond (VA) 35 1,868,910 2,025,996 8.4 Brandeis University (MA) 95 674,522 766,205 13.6
                   
Michigan State University 36 1,760,708 2,007,498 14.0 University of California, San Francisco 96 655,924 766,144 16.8
California Institute of Technology 37 1,813,842 1,960,435 8.1 Oberlin College (OH) 97 708,238 765,804 8.1
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus 38 1,772,921 1,924,143 8.5 Colgate University (NY) 98 687,474 760,825 10.7
Williams College (MA) 39 1,728,549 1,902,112 10.0 Santa Clara University (CA) 99 688,118 760,218 10.5
Boston College (MA) 40 1,632,635 1,868,699 14.5 University of Louisville (KY) 100 721,104 757,336 5.0
                   
Amherst College (MA) 41 1,640,666 1,823,748 11.2 Lafayette College (PA) 101 681,536 749,031 9.9
Pomona College (CA) 42 1,679,640 1,823,441 8.6 Pepperdine University (CA) 102 607,953 715,660 17.7
University of Rochester (NY) 43 1,581,773 1,730,829 9.4 Bryn Mawr College (PA) 103 641,173 710,168 10.8
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus 44 1,608,248 1,714,876 6.6 Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis 104 634,979 709,877 11.8
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 45 1,600,013 1,678,563 4.9 Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ) 105 645,556 703,701 9.0
                   
Swarthmore College (PA) 46 1,498,775 1,634,685 9.1 Carleton College (MN) 106 645,654 700,540 8.5
Wellesley College (MA) 47 1,468,582 1,576,337 7.3 College of William and Mary (VA) 107 644,233 697,724 8.3
Smith College (MA) 48 1,409,755 1,557,427 10.5 Macalester College (MN) 108 625,068 694,311 11.1
Grinnell College (IA) 49 1,383,856 1,553,629 12.3 University of Missouri, Columbia 109 624,382 692,853 11.0
Tufts University (MA) 50 1,351,166 1,440,527 6.6 Denison University (OH) 110 644,201 691,740 7.4
                   
University of California, Los Angeles 51 1,222,823 1,411,797 15.5 Wesleyan University (CT) 111 616,195 688,643 11.8
University of California, Berkeley 52 1,254,517 1,411,707 12.5 Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) 112 628,128 669,132 6.5
Boston University (MA) 53 1,190,512 1,403,061 17.9 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (NY) 113 640,536 668,546 4.4
George Washington University (DC) 54 1,305,892 1,375,202 5.3 Bucknell University (PA) 114 599,216 666,563 11.2
University of Florida 55 1,127,419 1,360,073 20.6 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 115 665,833 662,942 -0.4
                   
Washington and Lee University (VA) 56 1,261,553 1,345,356 6.6 Colorado College 116 507,013 656,658 29.5
University of Kansas 57 1,202,585 1,310,655 9.0 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 117 588,300 653,700 11.1
Georgetown University (DC) 58 1,140,486 1,286,322 12.8 Colby College (ME) 118 599,557 649,992 8.4
Southern Methodist University (TX) 59 1,162,415 1,268,079 9.1 University of Utah 119 577,505 642,219 11.2
Texas Christian University 60 1,110,868 1,256,030 13.1 Mount Holyoke College (MA) 120 594,045 638,552 7.5
†Not applicable.
1Institutions ranked by size of endowment at end of 2013 fiscal year.
2Change in market value of endowment. Includes growth from gifts and returns on investments, as well as reductions from expenditures and withdrawals.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2014, Finance component. (This table was prepared April 2015.)