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Table 352.Endowment funds of the 120 institutions of higher education with the largest amounts: Fiscal year 1995

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                                                  |        |Market value  ||                                              |         |Market value
                                                  |        |of endowment, ||                                              |         |of endowment,
                                                  |  Rank  | in thousands ||                                              |  Rank   |in thousands
                   Institution                    |order\1\|  of dollars  ||                 Institution                  |order\1\ | of dollars
                                                  |        |   (end of    ||                                              |         |   (end of
                                                  |        | fiscal year) ||                                              |         |fiscal year)
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                        1                         |   2    |      3       ||                      1                       |    2    |      3
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United States (all institutions) .................|     ---| $109,706,704 ||                                              |         |
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120 institutions with the largest amounts ........|     ---|   78,744,171 ||                                              |         |
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Harvard University (MA) ..........................|      1 |    7,045,863 ||Trinity University (TX) ......................|      61 |     367,389
University of Texas at Austin ....................|      2 |    4,068,800 ||Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ...|      62 |     364,340
Yale University (CT) .............................|      3 |    3,967,756 ||Amherst College (MA) .........................|      63 |     362,407
Stanford University (CA) .........................|      4 |    3,295,597 ||University of Minnesota, Twin Cities .........|      64 |     362,400
Princeton University (NJ) ........................|      5 |    2,872,865 ||Vassar College (NY) ..........................|      65 |     350,693
                                                  |        |              ||                                              |         |
Columbia University (NY) .........................|      6 |    2,325,383 ||Wesleyan University (CT) .................... |      66 |     345,061
University of California System ..................|      7 |    2,166,920 ||Baylor University (TX) .......................|      67 |     340,764
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ............|      8 |    2,093,216 ||Tulane University of Louisiana .............. |      68 |     333,264
Emory University (GA) ............................|      9 |    2,025,681 ||Lafayette College (PA) .......................|      69 |     315,291
Washington University (MO) .......................|     10 |    2,014,164 ||Yeshiva University (NY) ......................|      70 |     313,887
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University of Pennsylvania .......................|     11 |    1,675,740 ||Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) ........|      71 |     299,453
Rice University (TX) .............................|     12 |    1,529,982 ||Purdue University, Main Campus (IN) ..........|      72 |     294,802
Northwestern University (IL) .....................|     13 |    1,367,141 ||Oberlin College (OH) .........................|      73 |     290,216
University of Chicago (IL) .......................|     14 |    1,317,895 ||The Juilliard School (NY) ....................|      74 |     270,017
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ................|     15 |    1,331,726 ||Syracuse University, Main Campus (NY) ........|      75 |     268,874
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Cornell University, Endowed Colleges (NY) ........|     16 |    1,060,587 ||University of Miami (FL) .....................|      76 |     264,928
University of Notre Dame (IN) ....................|     17 |      996,895 ||Brigham Young University (UT) ................|      77 |     259,071
Dartmouth College (NH) ...........................|     18 |      993,735 ||Carleton College (MN) ........................|      78 |     252,556
Vanderbilt University (TN) .......................|     19 |      966,957 ||Thomas Jefferson University (PA) .............|      79 |     252,056
University of Southern California ................|     20 |      883,798 ||Agnes Scott College (GA) .................... |      80 |     251,560
                                                  |        |              ||                                              |         |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) ....................|     21 |      838,220 ||Tufts University (MA) ........................|      81 |     247,191
Duke University (NC) .............................|     22 |      790,584 ||Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) .......|      82 |     244,547
New York University ..............................|     23 |      767,907 ||Cornell University Medical College (NY) ......|      83 |     244,034
University of Rochester (NY) .....................|     24 |      733,833 ||University of Florida ................        |      84 |     243,733
University of Virginia, Main Campus ..............|     25 |      721,558 ||Northeastern University (MA) .................|      85 |     243,459
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California Institute of Technology ...............|     26 |      695,949 ||Bryn Mawr College (PA) ...................    |      86 |     240,061
Brown University (RI) ............................|     27 |      676,026 ||University of Texas, Southwest Medical Ctr. ..|      87 |     239,895
Case Western Reserve University (OH) .............|     28 |      621,344 ||Mount Holyoke College (MA) ...................|      88 |     235,339
Rockefeller University (NY) ......................|     29 |      613,001 ||Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY) ..........|      89 |     224,507
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ......|     30 |      554,816 ||University of South Alabama ..................|      90 |     224,357
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Ohio State University, Main Campus ...............|     31 |      547,885 ||Bowdoin College (ME) .........................|      91 |     222,618
Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) ..............|     32 |      536,755 ||Loyola University in New Orleans (LA) ........|      92 |     219,923
Swarthmore College (PA) ..........................|     33 |      536,430 ||Rush University (IL) .........................|      93 |     218,226
Wellesley College (MA) ...........................|     34 |      525,487 ||Colgate University (NY) ......................|      94 |     212,462
University of Washington .........................|     35 |      504,711 ||Claremont McKenna College (CA) ...............|      95 |     212,109
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Smith College (MA) ...............................|     36 |      502,216 ||Brandeis University (MA) .....................|      96 |     210,502
Boston College (MA) ..............................|     37 |      500,733 ||Trinity College (CT) .........................|      97 |     208,306
Southern Methodist University (TX) ................     38 |      498,192 ||Virginia Polytechnic Institute and            |         |
Macalester College (MN) ..........................|     39 |      484,427 ||  State University ...........................|      98 |     201,459
Baylor College of Medicine (TX) ..................|     40 |      484,011 ||Hamilton College (NY) ........................|      99 |     200,309
                                                  |        |              ||University of Tennessee (Central office) .....|     100 |     196,449
                                                  |        |              ||                                              |         |
                                                  |        |              ||Rutgers, The State University,                |         |
Texas Christian University .......................|     41 |      481,858 ||  Central Office (NJ) ....................... |     101 |     194,103
Grinnell College (IA) ............................|     42 |      479,223 ||University of Alabama ........................|     102 |     187,971
Williams College (MA) ............................|     43 |      460,399 ||Colorado College .............................|     103 |     186,090
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) ..................|     44 |      453,492 ||North Carolina State University at Raleigh ...|     104 |     185,949
University of Richmond (VA) ......................|     45 |      443,885 ||Cornell University, Statutory Colleges (NY) ..|     105 |     183,912
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Loyola University of Chicago (IL) ................|     46 |      442,504 ||College of the Holy Cross (MA) ...............|     106 |     182,187
Pomona College (CA) ..............................|     47 |      438,901 ||Denison University (OH) ......................|     107 |     180,844
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) .......|     48 |      438,499 ||Academy of the New Church (PA) .............  |     108 |     180,424
University of Delaware ...........................|     49 |      435,823 ||Santa Clara University (CA) ..................|     109 |     179,958
Wake Forest University (NC) ......................|     50 |      421,712 ||Southwestern University (TX) .................|     110 |     175,405
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Georgetown University (DC) .......................|     51 |      415,678 ||University of New Mexico, Main Campus ........|     111 |     174,798
George Washington University (DC) ................|     52 |      404,401 ||Earlham College (IN) .........................|     112 |     172,247
Washington and Lee University (VA) ...............|     53 |      403,576 ||Depauw University (IN) .......................|     113 |     172,037
Lehigh University (PA) ...........................|     54 |      398,028 ||University of Louisville (KY) ................|     114 |     169,230
University of Tulsa (OK) .........................|     55 |      396,547 ||Wabash College (IN) ..........................|     115 |     167,848
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University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH) .......|     56 |      394,724 ||Bucknell University (PA) .....................|     116 |     167,113
Berea College (KY) ...............................|     57 |      390,389 ||University of Missouri at Columbia ...........|     117 |     166,771
Saint Louis University, Main Campus (MO) .........|     58 |      388,013 ||Pepperdine University (CA) ...............    |     118 |     165,271
Boston University (MA) ...........................|     59 |      378,605 ||State University of New York at Buffalo ......|     119 |     164,968
Middlebury College (VT) ..........................|     60 |      373,011 ||University of Wisconsin, Madison .............|     120 |     164,472
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\1\Institutions ranked by size of endowment. Excludes institutions which have not reported data for 1994-95.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to total.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance, 1994-95" survey. (This table was prepared June 1997.)



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