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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 2015
Institution Fiscal year (FY) 2015 Institution Fiscal year (FY) 2015
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) $533,105,732 $547,217,872 2.6          
                   
120 institutions with the largest amounts 395,034,413 406,355,065 2.9          
Harvard University (MA) 1 36,429,256 37,615,545 3.3 University of California, San Francisco 61 912,957 1,426,199 56.2
Yale University (CT) 2 23,858,561 25,542,983 7.1 Bowdoin College (ME) 62 1,216,030 1,392,760 14.5
University of Texas System Office 3 25,445,315 22,548,856 -11.4 University of Delaware 63 1,310,133 1,341,373 2.4
Princeton University (NJ) 4 20,576,361 22,291,270 8.3 Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 64 1,235,968 1,318,050 6.6
Stanford University (CA) 5 21,466,006 22,222,957 3.5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 65 1,289,584 1,308,415 1.5
                   
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6 12,425,131 13,474,743 8.4 Weill Cornell Medical College (NY) 66 1,243,815 1,276,986 2.7
University of Pennsylvania 7 9,582,335 10,133,569 5.8 University of Iowa 67 1,251,356 1,263,043 0.9
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 8 9,603,919 9,809,705 2.1 University of Kentucky 68 1,215,226 1,231,557 1.3
Texas A & M University, College Station 9 10,521,034 9,754,202 -7.3 Soka University of America (CA) 69 1,249,761 1,221,435 -2.3
Columbia University in the City of New York (NY) 10 9,223,047 9,639,065 4.5 Lehigh University (PA) 70 1,215,926 1,213,207 -0.2
                   
University of Notre Dame (IN) 11 8,189,096 8,784,381 7.3 Tulane University of Louisiana 71 1,169,060 1,209,322 3.4
Northwestern University (IL) 12 7,501,116 7,588,029 1.2 University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH) 72 1,182,040 1,193,540 1.0
Duke University (NC) 13 7,036,776 7,296,545 3.7 Trinity University (TX) 73 1,187,929 1,192,777 0.4
University of California System Admin. Central Office 14 7,413,709 6,950,190 -6.3 Wake Forest University (NC) 74 1,148,026 1,167,400 1.7
Washington University in St. Louis (MO) 15 6,719,449 6,889,230 2.5 Syracuse University (NY) 75 1,183,244 1,166,109 -1.4
                   
Emory University (GA) 16 6,981,308 6,787,163 -2.8 Baylor University (TX) 76 1,151,201 1,165,550 1.2
University of Chicago (IL) 17 6,539,290 6,553,571 0.2 Berea College (KY) 77 1,137,222 1,101,476 -3.1
University of Virginia, Main Campus 18 5,876,310 6,098,997 3.8 Middlebury College (VT) 78 1,081,894 1,101,054 1.8
Rice University (TX) 19 5,553,717 5,573,038 0.3 Saint Louis University (MO) 79 1,076,959 1,093,348 1.5
Cornell University (NY) 20 4,646,134 4,760,560 2.5 Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) 80 1,042,191 1,075,591 3.2
                   
University of Southern California 21 4,593,014 4,709,511 2.5 Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 81 988,247 1,062,671 7.5
Dartmouth College (NH) 22 4,468,220 4,663,491 4.4 Liberty University (VA) 82 126,422 1,054,286 733.9
Vanderbilt University (TN) 23 4,046,250 4,093,388 1.2 University of Tulsa (OK) 83 1,023,412 1,043,055 1.9
Ohio State University, Main Campus 24 3,595,323 3,640,909 1.3 University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus 84 965,937 1,042,859 8.0
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus (PA) 25 3,470,665 3,565,684 2.7 University of Georgia 85 939,024 1,004,987 7.0
                   
University of Texas at Austin 26 3,376,824 3,341,836 -1.0 Juilliard School (NY) 86 999,769 999,377 0.0
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 27 3,392,529 3,326,932 -1.9 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 87 885,055 983,979 11.2
University of Wisconsin, Madison 28 3,133,197 3,288,911 5.0 Vassar College (NY) 88 974,180 982,971 0.9
University of Washington, Seattle Campus 29 2,915,058 3,148,084 8.0 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 89 988,251 974,261 -1.4
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 30 2,992,707 3,113,770 4.0 Indiana University, Bloomington 90 961,054 960,625 #
                   
Brown University (RI) 31 2,999,749 3,073,349 2.5 University of Arkansas 91 929,693 948,679 2.0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 32 2,659,759 2,967,024 11.6 Hamilton College (NY) 92 927,520 919,578 -0.9
Michigan State University 33 2,549,137 2,671,411 4.8 Brandeis University (MA) 93 861,152 915,087 6.3
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus 34 2,264,414 2,395,857 5.8 Yeshiva University (NY) 94 943,467 907,060 -3.9
Purdue University, Main Campus (IN) 35 2,445,542 2,392,725 -2.2 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 95 203,672 906,156 344.9
                   
University of Richmond (VA) 36 2,313,305 2,371,810 2.5 University of Utah 96 723,827 899,178 24.2
University of California, Los Angeles 37 1,616,045 2,328,472 44.1 Colgate University (NY) 97 865,882 892,549 3.1
Williams College (MA) 38 2,143,153 2,265,857 5.7 Berry College (GA) 98 925,698 887,981 -4.1
Boston College (MA) 39 2,105,654 2,258,601 7.3 University of Miami (FL) 99 865,435 887,329 2.5
Amherst College (MA) 40 2,149,203 2,193,511 2.1 Washington State University 100 868,091 885,900 2.1
                   
Pomona College (CA) 41 2,101,461 2,098,703 -0.1 Oberlin College (OH) 101 866,830 871,965 0.6
California Institute of Technology 42 2,118,100 2,078,954 -1.8 University of Missouri, Columbia 102 806,717 871,126 8.0
University of Rochester (NY) 43 2,015,283 2,050,199 1.7 Bryn Mawr College (PA) 103 839,226 867,728 3.4
Wellesley College (MA) 44 1,834,137 1,881,031 2.6 Clemson University (SC) 104 836,152 859,082 2.7
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus 45 1,889,014 1,858,977 -1.6 University of Louisville (KY) 105 876,825 844,288 -3.7
                   
Swarthmore College (PA) 46 1,876,669 1,845,799 -1.6 Wesleyan University (CT) 106 793,334 838,774 5.7
University of California, Berkeley 47 1,671,939 1,834,400 9.7 Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis 107 834,834 825,184 -1.2
Grinnell College (IA) 48 1,829,521 1,787,775 -2.3 Denison University (OH) 108 799,108 812,300 1.7
Smith College (MA) 49 1,755,755 1,781,763 1.5 College of William and Mary (VA) 109 797,592 811,217 1.7
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 50 1,758,570 1,775,999 1.0 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 110 788,800 810,200 2.7
                   
Boston University (MA) 51 1,616,004 1,644,117 1.7 Lafayette College (PA) 111 832,811 809,061 -2.9
George Washington University (DC) 52 1,576,508 1,616,357 2.5 Pepperdine University (CA) 112 790,483 793,188 0.3
Tufts University (MA) 53 1,590,045 1,593,019 0.2 Carleton College (MN) 113 792,737 783,456 -1.2
Brigham Young University, Provo (UT) 54 1,470,770 1,581,452 7.5 Medical College of Wisconsin 114 748,637 778,315 4.0
University of Florida 55 1,519,964 1,556,155 2.4 Macalester College (MN) 115 749,550 777,358 3.7
                   
Georgetown University (DC) 56 1,461,276 1,528,869 4.6 University of Arizona 116 760,679 767,940 1.0
University of Kansas 57 1,494,881 1,523,065 1.9 Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) 117 753,951 761,936 1.1
Southern Methodist University (TX) 58 1,425,146 1,505,296 5.6 Colby College (ME) 118 740,631 745,957 0.7
Texas Christian University 59 1,393,241 1,486,003 6.7 Northeastern University (MA) 119 729,034 743,032 1.9
Washington and Lee University (VA) 60 1,477,923 1,471,274 -0.4 Everest University, South Orlando (FL) 120 736,347 740,258 0.5
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
1 Institutions ranked by size of endowment at end of 2015 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: 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 2016, Finance component. (This table was prepared May 2017.)

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