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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 2018 |
Institution | Fiscal year (FY) 2018 | Institution | Fiscal year (FY) 2018 | ||||||
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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) | † | $597,008,695 | $648,043,073 | 8.5 | |||||
120 institutions with the largest amounts |
† | 442,307,601 | 482,184,763 | 9.0 | |||||
Harvard University (MA) | 1 | 37,096,474 | 39,233,736 | 5.8 | Bowdoin College (ME) | 61 | 1,455,909 | 1,628,165 | 11.8 |
University of Texas System Office | 2 | 25,947,842 | 30,597,370 | 17.9 | Southern Methodist University (TX) | 62 | 1,505,303 | 1,619,232 | 7.6 |
Yale University (CT) | 3 | 27,216,639 | 29,444,936 | 8.2 | Washington and Lee University (VA) | 63 | 1,547,135 | 1,603,114 | 3.6 |
Stanford University (CA) | 4 | 24,784,943 | 26,464,912 | 6.8 | Texas Christian University | 64 | 1,471,789 | 1,595,949 | 8.4 |
Princeton University (NJ) | 5 | 23,353,233 | 25,438,281 | 8.9 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 65 | 1,534,717 | 1,578,169 | 2.8 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
6 | 14,832,483 | 16,400,027 | 10.6 | University of Iowa | 66 | 1,387,001 | 1,500,456 | 8.2 |
University of Pennsylvania | 7 | 12,213,207 | 13,777,441 | 12.8 | Liberty University (VA) | 67 | 1,290,703 | 1,432,964 | 11.0 |
Texas A & M University, College Station | 8 | 10,812,432 | 12,688,651 | 17.4 | University of California, San Francisco | 68 | 1,106,873 | 1,432,799 | 29.4 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 9 | 10,777,563 | 11,733,013 | 8.9 | University of Delaware | 69 | 1,364,057 | 1,413,197 | 3.6 |
University of Notre Dame (IN) | 10 | 9,684,936 | 11,065,058 | 14.3 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 70 | 1,297,740 | 1,383,967 | 6.6 |
Columbia University in the City of New York (NY) |
11 | 9,996,596 | 10,869,245 | 8.7 | University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH) | 71 | 1,280,295 | 1,364,778 | 6.6 |
University of California System Admin Central Office | 12 | 9,837,900 | 10,828,968 | 10.1 | Lehigh University (PA) | 72 | 1,278,120 | 1,353,116 | 5.9 |
Duke University (NC) | 13 | 7,911,175 | 8,524,846 | 7.8 | Syracuse University (NY) | 73 | 1,258,728 | 1,338,287 | 6.3 |
Northwestern University (IL) | 14 | 7,947,574 | 8,386,918 | 5.5 | University of Kentucky | 74 | 1,268,396 | 1,334,530 | 5.2 |
Emory University (GA) | 15 | 7,613,022 | 7,985,467 | 4.9 | Wake Forest University (NC) | 75 | 1,205,323 | 1,329,255 | 10.3 |
Washington University in St Louis (MO) |
16 | 7,214,958 | 7,687,392 | 6.5 | Baylor University (TX) | 76 | 1,231,712 | 1,310,781 | 6.4 |
University of Chicago (IL) | 17 | 6,617,076 | 7,009,012 | 5.9 | Trinity University (TX) | 77 | 1,200,924 | 1,299,405 | 8.2 |
Cornell University (NY) | 18 | 6,516,445 | 6,871,481 | 5.4 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 78 | 1,122,932 | 1,293,743 | 15.2 |
University of Virginia, Main Campus | 19 | 6,308,922 | 6,856,258 | 8.7 | Soka University of America (CA) | 79 | 1,239,053 | 1,275,811 | 3.0 |
Rice University (TX) | 20 | 5,835,568 | 6,228,857 | 6.7 | University of Georgia | 80 | 1,151,904 | 1,274,343 | 10.6 |
University of Southern California |
21 | 5,130,520 | 5,544,267 | 8.1 | Saint Louis University (MO) | 81 | 1,149,590 | 1,226,095 | 6.7 |
Dartmouth College (NH) | 22 | 4,956,494 | 5,494,203 | 10.8 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 82 | 1,115,840 | 1,199,509 | 7.5 |
Ohio State University, Main Campus | 23 | 4,233,106 | 5,189,801 | 22.6 | Berea College (KY) | 83 | 1,150,360 | 1,192,078 | 3.6 |
Vanderbilt University (TN) | 24 | 4,136,465 | 4,608,461 | 11.4 | University of Arkansas | 84 | 996,019 | 1,185,715 | 19.0 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 25 | 3,759,387 | 4,243,440 | 12.9 | Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis | 85 | 1,087,532 | 1,177,984 | 8.3 |
New York University |
26 | 4,076,048 | 4,222,210 | 3.6 | Baylor College of Medicine (TX) | 86 | 1,133,559 | 1,171,285 | 3.3 |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 27 | 3,744,751 | 4,190,520 | 11.9 | Indiana University, Bloomington | 87 | 1,081,730 | 1,154,032 | 6.7 |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus (PA) | 28 | 3,921,014 | 4,174,775 | 6.5 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U | 88 | 987,600 | 1,136,900 | 15.1 |
University of Texas at Austin | 29 | 3,678,480 | 4,039,907 | 9.8 | Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) | 89 | 1,076,534 | 1,129,412 | 4.9 |
Brown University (RI) | 30 | 3,245,531 | 3,603,848 | 11.0 | Middlebury College (VT) | 90 | 1,073,976 | 1,124,144 | 4.7 |
University of Washington, Seattle Campus |
31 | 3,239,135 | 3,534,519 | 9.1 | University of Tulsa (OK) | 91 | 1,053,445 | 1,114,621 | 5.8 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 32 | 3,290,771 | 3,500,753 | 6.4 | Juilliard School (NY) | 92 | 1,046,080 | 1,106,640 | 5.8 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 33 | 2,947,111 | 3,307,663 | 12.2 | Vassar College (NY) | 93 | 1,002,570 | 1,082,831 | 8.0 |
Michigan State University | 34 | 3,084,973 | 3,306,597 | 7.2 | Wesleyan University (CT) | 94 | 967,177 | 1,065,219 | 10.1 |
California Institute of Technology | 35 | 2,641,050 | 2,907,002 | 10.1 | University of Utah | 95 | 1,006,446 | 1,051,841 | 4.5 |
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus |
36 | 2,615,568 | 2,891,684 | 10.6 | Brandeis University (MA) | 96 | 976,887 | 1,046,386 | 7.1 |
Williams College (MA) | 37 | 2,383,500 | 2,626,267 | 10.2 | Washington State University | 97 | 975,177 | 1,024,301 | 5.0 |
Boston College (MA) | 38 | 2,334,883 | 2,515,667 | 7.7 | University of Miami (FL) | 98 | 948,579 | 1,021,508 | 7.7 |
University of Richmond (VA) | 39 | 2,373,506 | 2,511,584 | 5.8 | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | 99 | 958,039 | 1,021,199 | 6.6 |
Amherst College (MA) | 40 | 2,248,141 | 2,377,537 | 5.8 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 100 | 847,845 | 1,020,134 | 20.3 |
Purdue University, Main Campus (IN) |
41 | 2,347,515 | 2,336,955 | -0.4 | Iowa State University | 101 | 910,356 | 1,017,089 | 11.7 |
Pomona College (CA) | 42 | 2,165,208 | 2,273,707 | 5.0 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ) | 102 | 985,463 | 1,015,059 | 3.0 |
University of Rochester (NY) | 43 | 2,121,390 | 2,257,357 | 6.4 | Hamilton College (NY) | 103 | 954,714 | 1,012,841 | 6.1 |
Boston University (MA) | 44 | 1,957,021 | 2,179,287 | 11.4 | University of Missouri, Columbia | 104 | 922,077 | 1,003,025 | 8.8 |
University of California, Los Angeles | 45 | 1,961,228 | 2,125,752 | 8.4 | Berry College (GA) | 105 | 968,546 | 985,124 | 1.7 |
Swarthmore College (PA) |
46 | 1,955,532 | 2,115,768 | 8.2 | Santa Clara University (CA) | 106 | 905,858 | 979,248 | 8.1 |
Wellesley College (MA) | 47 | 1,930,752 | 2,105,212 | 9.0 | University of Arizona | 107 | 843,529 | 959,632 | 13.8 |
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus | 48 | 1,985,802 | 2,091,110 | 5.3 | Oberlin College (OH) | 108 | 879,535 | 947,149 | 7.7 |
University of California, Berkeley | 49 | 1,909,978 | 1,999,056 | 4.7 | Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) | 109 | 847,211 | 938,162 | 10.7 |
Grinnell College (IA) | 50 | 1,871,046 | 1,991,605 | 6.4 | College of William and Mary (VA) | 110 | 874,081 | 935,544 | 7.0 |
Brigham Young University, Provo (UT) |
51 | 1,720,824 | 1,974,414 | 14.7 | Thomas Jefferson University (PA) | 111 | 841,741 | 932,897 | 10.8 |
Virginia Commonwealth University | 52 | 1,843,001 | 1,951,337 | 5.9 | Medical College of Wisconsin | 112 | 875,817 | 930,961 | 6.3 |
Case Western Reserve University (OH) | 53 | 1,798,790 | 1,886,761 | 4.9 | Colgate University (NY) | 113 | 881,303 | 923,604 | 4.8 |
Smith College (MA) | 54 | 1,767,466 | 1,875,093 | 6.1 | University of Oregon | 114 | 828,459 | 912,512 | 10.1 |
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | 55 | 1,718,583 | 1,872,191 | 8.9 | Pepperdine University (CA) | 115 | 860,333 | 904,142 | 5.1 |
Tufts University (MA) |
56 | 1,738,706 | 1,845,956 | 6.2 | Bryn Mawr College (PA) | 116 | 852,743 | 897,236 | 5.2 |
George Washington University (DC) | 57 | 1,729,147 | 1,798,810 | 4.0 | Carleton College (MN) | 117 | 828,168 | 878,494 | 6.1 |
Georgetown University (DC) | 58 | 1,661,745 | 1,769,557 | 6.5 | Lafayette College (PA) | 118 | 833,069 | 870,742 | 4.5 |
University of Kansas | 59 | 1,634,789 | 1,765,780 | 8.0 | Bucknell University (PA) | 119 | 800,765 | 851,309 | 6.3 |
University of Florida | 60 | 1,605,037 | 1,727,400 | 7.6 | Denison University (OH) | 120 | 797,249 | 850,416 | 6.7 |
†Not applicable. | |||||||||
1 Institutions ranked by size of endowment at end of 2018 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. In addition to individual degree-granting institution campuses, table includes two state university systems (University of Texas System Office and University of California System Admin Central Office). | |||||||||
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 2019, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2020.) |