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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 2021
Institution Fiscal year (FY) 2021
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) $691,144,829 $927,174,812 34.2

120 institutions with the largest endowments
515,583,129 702,117,471 36.2
Harvard University 1 41,894,380 53,165,753 26.9
Yale University 2 31,201,686 42,282,852 35.5
The University of Texas System Office 3 30,522,120 40,414,914 32.4
Stanford University 4 28,948,111 37,788,187 30.5
Princeton University 5 25,944,283 37,026,442 42.7

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 18,381,518 27,394,039 49.0
University of Pennsylvania 7 14,877,363 20,523,546 38.0
University of Notre Dame 8 12,319,422 18,385,354 49.2
Texas A & M University-College Station 9 12,734,068 16,895,504 32.7
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 10 12,144,714 16,795,776 38.3

University of California-System Administration Central Office
11 12,267,010 16,463,910 34.2
Columbia University in the City of New York 12 11,257,021 14,349,970 27.5
Washington University in St Louis 13 8,489,294 13,668,081 61.0
Duke University 14 8,474,071 12,692,472 49.8
Emory University 15 9,169,028 12,218,693 33.3

Northwestern University
16 8,484,706 11,361,182 33.9
Vanderbilt University 17 6,917,371 10,928,512 58.0
University of Virginia-Main Campus 18 7,146,476 10,366,578 45.1
University of Chicago 19 7,199,521 9,594,956 33.3
Cornell University 20 6,882,708 9,474,388 37.7

Johns Hopkins University
21 6,750,092 9,315,279 38.0
Dartmouth College 22 5,975,180 8,484,189 42.0
University of Southern California 23 5,914,358 8,126,222 37.4
Rice University 24 6,166,323 8,080,292 31.0
Ohio State University-Main Campus 25 5,263,434 7,017,185 33.3

Brown University
26 4,377,466 6,520,175 48.9
The University of Texas at Austin 27 4,694,068 6,018,160 28.2
New York University 28 4,578,665 5,721,040 24.9
University of Wisconsin-Madison 29 4,587,597 5,662,371 23.4
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 30 4,151,994 5,608,607 35.1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
31 3,523,739 5,166,499 46.6
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 32 3,699,522 5,155,556 39.4
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 33 3,713,005 4,684,981 26.2
The Pennsylvania State University 34 3,357,994 4,608,409 37.2
Michigan State University 35 3,473,657 4,429,673 27.5

California Institute of Technology
36 3,085,500 4,022,359 30.4
Williams College 37 2,727,113 3,911,574 43.4
Boston College 38 2,579,462 3,775,566 46.4
Amherst College 39 2,565,148 3,775,153 47.2
Purdue University-Main Campus 40 2,497,825 3,596,143 44.0

Boston University
41 2,421,115 3,392,513 40.1
University of Richmond 42 2,405,602 3,351,493 39.3
Wellesley College 43 2,285,397 3,236,785 41.6
University of Rochester 44 2,329,949 3,194,900 37.1
University of California-Los Angeles 45 2,359,984 3,161,977 34.0

University of Iowa
46 2,530,872 3,112,825 23.0
Carnegie Mellon University 47 2,068,860 3,092,064 49.5
Pomona College 48 2,254,547 3,031,446 34.5
University of California-Berkeley 49 2,173,287 2,985,932 37.4
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 50 2,169,707 2,971,501 37.0

Grinnell College
51 2,090,750 2,931,550 40.2
Swarthmore College 52 2,103,670 2,899,311 37.8
Virginia Commonwealth University 53 1,992,338 2,729,639 37.0
Bowdoin College 54 1,780,970 2,718,438 52.6
Tufts University 55 1,889,477 2,646,506 40.1

Georgetown University
56 1,863,711 2,592,048 39.1
Smith College 57 1,907,178 2,559,083 34.2
Brigham Young University 58 2,257,760 2,554,271 13.1
University of California-San Francisco 59 1,779,820 2,435,366 36.8
George Washington University 60 1,802,656 2,411,272 33.8

University of Kansas
61 1,830,892 2,398,680 31.0
University of Florida 62 1,844,523 2,375,793 28.8
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 63 1,821,952 2,375,506 30.4
Case Western Reserve University 64 1,850,806 2,354,190 27.2
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 65 1,722,778 2,252,020 30.7

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
66 1,639,357 2,224,718 35.7
Liberty University 67 1,714,463 2,156,599 25.8
Washington and Lee University 68 1,630,163 2,092,420 28.4
Southern Methodist University 69 1,614,131 2,069,879 28.2
Texas Christian University 70 1,584,160 2,001,837 26.4

Tulane University of Louisiana
71 1,458,648 1,972,827 35.3
University of Delaware 72 1,453,189 1,957,793 34.7
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 73 1,417,705 1,946,242 37.3
University of Kentucky 74 1,365,422 1,863,781 36.5
Wake Forest University 75 1,350,187 1,862,910 38.0

Baylor University
76 1,381,438 1,829,449 32.4
University of Georgia 77 1,362,446 1,818,866 33.5
Syracuse University 78 1,390,553 1,814,020 30.5
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 79 1,414,930 1,809,967 27.9
Lehigh University 80 1,369,863 1,784,613 30.3

Trinity University
81 1,278,972 1,725,053 34.9
University of Arkansas 82 1,209,277 1,682,004 39.1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 83 1,329,400 1,680,300 26.4
Wesleyan University 84 1,130,907 1,669,796 47.7
Indiana University-Bloomington 85 1,209,430 1,668,817 38.0

Baylor College of Medicine
86 1,205,391 1,667,661 38.4
MCPHS University 87 1,214,213 1,660,130 36.7
Medical College of Wisconsin 88 1,233,714 1,626,374 31.8
Berea College 89 1,222,167 1,575,415 28.9
Soka University of America 90 1,231,957 1,564,125 27.0

Santa Clara University
91 1,034,167 1,537,642 48.7
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 92 1,150,827 1,534,726 33.4
Thomas Jefferson University 93 941,025 1,533,163 62.9
Saint Louis University 94 1,197,421 1,524,492 27.3
Middlebury College 95 1,133,644 1,511,001 33.3

Princeton Theological Seminary
96 1,135,934 1,486,666 30.9
Northeastern University 97 1,088,470 1,469,238 35.0
National University 98 966,159 1,415,758 46.5
Hamilton College 99 1,020,321 1,411,536 38.3
Iowa State University 100 1,034,248 1,403,260 35.7

University of Miami
101 1,050,754 1,393,437 32.6
The Juilliard School 102 1,063,434 1,382,295 30.0
Vassar College 103 1,097,976 1,378,988 25.6
University of Tulsa 104 1,082,619 1,375,160 27.0
University of Utah 105 1,071,908 1,362,088 27.1

University of Missouri-Columbia
106 1,065,747 1,360,462 27.7
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 107 1,008,858 1,358,276 34.6
Oberlin College 108 999,380 1,348,963 35.0
Davidson College 109 905,858 1,341,384 48.1
Claremont McKenna College 110 952,269 1,313,226 37.9

Washington State University
111 1,083,966 1,308,387 20.7
Rochester Institute of Technology 112 954,032 1,302,873 36.6
Brandeis University 113 1,073,589 1,286,002 19.8
William & Mary 114 967,685 1,278,380 32.1
Colgate University 115 959,653 1,263,024 31.6

University of Arizona
116 983,848 1,260,461 28.1
University of California-San Diego 117 895,245 1,258,061 40.5
Colby College 118 878,323 1,257,738 43.2
Arizona State University Campus Immersion 119 958,682 1,256,876 31.1
The University of Alabama 120 939,393 1,242,661 32.3
†Not applicable.
1Institutions ranked by size of endowment at end of 2021 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: 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 (The University of Texas System Office and University of California-System Administration Central Office).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2022, Finance component. (This table was prepared February 2023.)

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