The average annual return on college and university endowments over the 10-year period ending with the 2017 fiscal year was 4.6 percent. The only institutions exceeding that overall average were those with the smallest and largest endowments, which had average annual returns of 5 percent over 10 years. The average annual return over five years was better, at 7.9 percent for all institutions participating in the Nacubo-Commonfund Study of Endowments in 2017. Colleges with endowments valued at more than $1 billion at the end of the 2017 fiscal year had the highest average annual return over five years, at 8.6 percent.
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