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Table 354. -  Endowment funds of the 120 institutions of higher education with the largest amounts: Fiscal year 1996
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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) .................|    --- |   $128,837,030 ||                                               |        |
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120 institutions with the largest amounts ........|    --- |     85,506,186 ||                                               |        |
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Harvard University (MA) ..........................|      1 |      9,058,923 ||Wesleyan University (CT) ......................|     61 |      383,613
Yale University (CT) .............................|      2 |      4,860,582 ||Baylor University (TX) ........................|     62 |      380,916
University of Texas at Austin ....................|      3 |      4,359,738 ||Tulane University of Louisiana ................|     63 |      370,723
Stanford University (CA) .........................|      4 |      3,691,298 ||Lafayette College (PA) ........................|     64 |      359,861
Princeton University (NJ) ........................|      5 |\2\   2,872,865 ||Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) .........|     65 |      352,212
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Columbia University (NY) .........................|      6 |      2,698,929 ||Purdue University, Main Campus (IN) ...........|     66 |      345,639
University of California System ..................|      7 |      2,594,787 ||Syracuse University, Main Campus (NY) .........|     67 |      332,540
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ............|      8 |      2,493,627 ||Agnes Scott College (GA) ......................|     68 |      328,698
Washington University (MO) .......................|      9 |      2,344,618 ||Oberlin College (OH) ..........................|     69 |      328,291
University of Pennsylvania .......................|     10 |      2,108,961 ||Loyola University of Chicago (IL) .............|     70 |      326,628
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Rice University (TX) .............................|     11 |      1,712,577 ||University of Miami (FL) ......................|     71 |      310,481
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ................|     12 |      1,639,285 ||The Juilliard School (NY) .....................|     72 |      309,627
Northwestern University (IL) .....................|     13 |      1,517,852 ||Cornell University Medical College (NY) .......|     73 |      308,374
University of Notre Dame (IN) ....................|     14 |      1,227,256 ||Tufts University (MA) .........................|     74 |      298,291
Vanderbilt University (TN) .......................|     15 |      1,144,784 ||Carleton College (MN) .........................|     75 |      292,689
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Dartmouth College (NH) ...........................|     16 |      1,142,079 ||Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) ........|     76 |      292,589
University of Southern California ................|     17 |      1,022,339 ||Brigham Young University (UT) .................|     77 |      289,647
University of Virginia, Main Campus ..............|     18 |        944,457 ||Bryn Mawr College (PA) ........................|     78 |      289,512
California Institute of Technology ...............|     19 |        827,747 ||University of Florida .........................|     79 |      287,843
University of Rochester (NY) .....................|     20 |        811,507 ||University of Texas, Southwest Medical Center .|     80 |      278,217
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New York University ..............................|     21 |        806,233 ||Bowdoin College (ME) ..........................|     81 |      276,486
Brown University (RI) ............................|     22 |        789,699 ||Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY) ...........|     82 |      272,153
Rockefeller University (NY) ......................|     23 |        699,928 ||University of South Alabama ...................|     83 |      269,921
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ......|     24 |        641,934 ||Mount Holyoke College (MA) ....................|     84 |      258,726
Ohio State University, Main Campus ...............|     25 |        640,640 ||Colgate University (NY) .......................|     85 |      248,381
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Swarthmore College (PA) ..........................|     26 |        623,981 ||Thomas Jefferson University (PA) ..............|     86 |      247,874
University of Washington .........................|     27 |        613,981 ||Trinity College (CT) ..........................|     87 |      246,972
Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) ..............|     28 |        608,752 ||Hamilton College (NY) .........................|     88 |      246,934
Wellesley College (MA) ...........................|     29 |        605,509 ||Rush University (IL) ..........................|     89 |      246,493
Texas Christian University .......................|     30 |        602,727 ||Virginia Polytechnic Institute and             |        |
                                                  |        |                ||  State University ............................|     90 |      244,900
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Boston College (MA) ..............................|     31 |        591,609 ||Brandeis University (MA) ......................|     91 |      234,751
Southern Methodist University (TX) ...............|     32 |        589,163 ||University of Tennessee (Central office) ......|     92 |      234,279
University of Delaware ...........................|     33 |        583,249 ||University of Louisville (KY) .................|     93 |      233,020
                                                  |        |                ||Rutgers, The State University,                 |        |
Smith College (MA) ...............................|     34 |        583,163 ||  Central Office (NJ) .........................|     94 |      232,679
Grinnell College (IA) ............................|     35 |        573,157 ||Cornell University, Statutory Colleges (NY) ...|     95 |      231,656
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Williams College (MA) ............................|     36 |        561,148 ||College of the Holy Cross (MA) ................|     96 |      228,416
University of Richmond (VA) ......................|     37 |        550,166 ||Loyola University in New Orleans (LA) .........|     97 |      227,702
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH) .......|     38 |        549,193 ||Santa Clara University (CA) ...................|     98 |      225,736
Baylor College of Medicine (TX) ...................     39 |        548,387 ||University of Wisconsin, Madison ..............|     99 |      213,606
Washington and Lee University (VA) ...............|     40 |        532,803 ||Colorado College ..............................|    100 |      213,504
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Carnegie Mellon University (PA) ..................|     41 |        524,305 ||Denison University (OH) .......................|    101 |      211,888
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) .......|     42 |        509,716 ||North Carolina State University at Raleigh ....|    102 |      208,927
Macalester College (MN) ..........................|     43 |        507,822 ||Southwestern University (TX) ..................|    103 |      208,524
George Washington University (DC) ................|     44 |        497,138 ||Depauw University (IN) ........................|    104 |      206,379
Pomona College (CA) ..............................|     45 |        495,413 ||University of Alabama .........................|    105 |      206,169
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Wake Forest University (NC) ......................|     46 |        474,904 ||Bucknell University (PA) ......................|    106 |      204,458
University of Tulsa (OK) .........................|     47 |        474,770 ||University of Missouri at Columbia ............|    107 |      198,911
State University of New York (multiple campuses) .|     48 |        462,422 ||Regent University (VA) ........................|    108 |      198,412
Saint Louis University, Main Campus (MO) .........|     49 |        448,993 ||Wabash College (IN) ...........................|    109 |      194,881
Georgetown University (DC) .......................|     50 |        447,651 ||State University of New York at Buffalo .......|    110 |      192,847
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Berea College (KY) ...............................|     51 |        445,787 ||University of New Mexico, Main Campus .........|    111 |      192,229
Lehigh University (PA) ...........................|     52 |        433,571 ||Franklin And Marshall College (PA) ............|    112 |      181,962
Boston University (MA) ...........................|     53 |        430,466 ||Occidental College (CA) .......................|    113 |      178,162
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus .......|     54 |        426,599 ||Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) ..........|    114 |      178,037
Middlebury College (VT) ..........................|     55 |        423,363 ||Texas A & M University ........................|    115 |      177,209
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Amherst College (MA) .............................|     56 |        413,635 ||University of the South (TN) ..................|    116 |      175,276
Trinity University (TX) ..........................|     57 |        412,543 ||Union College (NY) ............................|    117 |      174,391
Vassar College (NY) ..............................|     58 |        403,287 ||Whitman College (WA) ..........................|    118 |      173,416
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities .............|     59 |        401,318 ||Reed College (OR) .............................|    119 |      172,994
Yeshiva University (NY) ..........................|     60 |        394,398 ||Davidson College (NC) .........................|    120 |      172,804
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\1\Institutions ranked by size of endowment. Excludes institutions which have not reported data for 1995-96.
\2\1995 data.
---Data 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, 1995-96" survey. (This table was prepared November 1998.)


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