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College Endowments Over $500 Million, FY 2017

Almanac 2018
August 19, 2018

Massachusetts had 15 institutions on the list of the colleges with the greatest endowment wealth in the 2017 fiscal year. Those 15 colleges together had endowment value of more than $70 billion. That amount exceeds the estimated total national wealth of individual countries like Sri Lanka, Jordan, and Lithuania in 2017. The combined value of the endowments of the 15 California institutions on the list was $55 billion, with the 10 Texas institutions on the list not far behind. They had a combined value of more than $52 billion. In each of those two states, the endowments of the top institutions together were worth more than the national wealth of individual countries like Latvia, Estonia, and the Ukraine.

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Massachusetts had 15 institutions on the list of the colleges with the greatest endowment wealth in the 2017 fiscal year. Those 15 colleges together had endowment value of more than $70 billion. That amount exceeds the estimated total national wealth of individual countries like Sri Lanka, Jordan, and Lithuania in 2017. The combined value of the endowments of the 15 California institutions on the list was $55 billion, with the 10 Texas institutions on the list not far behind. They had a combined value of more than $52 billion. In each of those two states, the endowments of the top institutions together were worth more than the national wealth of individual countries like Latvia, Estonia, and the Ukraine.


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RankInstitution2017 endowment
value
One-year
change
1. Harvard U. $36,021,516,000 4.3%
2. Yale U. $27,176,100,000 7.0%
3. U. of Texas system $26,535,094,723 9.6%
4. Stanford U. $24,784,943,000 10.7%
5. Princeton U. $23,812,241,210 7.5%
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $14,967,983,000 11.4%
7. U. of Pennsylvania $12,213,201,645 14.0%
8. Texas A&M U. system and foundations $11,556,259,952 9.6%
9. U. of Michigan (all campuses) $10,936,013,561 12.2%
10. Northwestern U. $10,436,692,000 8.2%
11. Columbia U. $9,996,596,000 10.6%
12. U. of California $9,787,626,628 17.3%
13. U. of Notre Dame $9,352,376,000 11.7%
14. Duke U. $7,911,174,871 15.7%
15. Washington U. in St. Louis $7,860,774,068 11.4%
16. U. of Chicago $7,523,720,000 7.5%
17. Emory U. $6,905,465,247 7.9%
18. Cornell U. $6,757,750,014 13.2%
19. U. of Virginia $6,393,561,170 9.2%
20. Rice U. $5,814,444,266 9.2%
21. U. of Southern California $5,128,459,156 11.3%
22. Dartmouth College $4,956,494,000 10.8%
23. Ohio State U. $4,253,459,135 18.9%
24. Vanderbilt U. $4,136,465,000 9.0%
25. New York U. $3,991,638,128 14.5%
26. Pennsylvania State U. (all campuses) $3,990,780,761 10.8%
27. U. of Pittsburgh (all campuses) $3,945,687,000 11.9%
28. Johns Hopkins U. $3,844,918,016 13.7%
29. U. of Minnesota and Foundation $3,493,640,891 6.5%
30. Brown U. $3,245,531,000 9.5%
31. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and foundations $3,027,227,483 4.8%
32. U. of Wisconsin Foundation $2,746,470,216 13.5%
33. Michigan State U. $2,682,868,543 n/a
34. California Institute of Technology $2,606,504,967 17.5%
35. U. of Illinois and Foundation $2,556,723,368 12.7%
36. U. of Washington $2,529,249,567 13.0%
37. Williams College $2,508,773,232 11.2%
38. Purdue U. (all campuses) $2,424,872,312 7.6%
39. U. of Richmond $2,373,505,876 8.4%
40. Boston College $2,317,300,000 12.3%
41. Amherst College $2,248,140,501 10.6%
42. Indiana U. and Foundation (all campuses) $2,229,361,026 12.2%
43. Pomona College $2,167,019,386 9.2%
44. Carnegie Mellon U. $2,154,098,260 26.1%
45. U. of Rochester $2,121,390,000 10.1%
46. U. of California at Los Angeles Foundation $2,062,572,957 14.4%
47. Rockefeller U. $2,049,343,791 8.6%
48. Georgia Institute of Technology and related foundations $1,985,801,588 7.7%
49. Boston U. $1,957,021,000 18.3%
50. Swarthmore College $1,955,532,000 11.9%
51. Wellesley College $1,930,752,000 9.6%
52. Grinnell College $1,871,046,109 13.5%
53. Virginia Commonwealth U. $1,843,001,038 18.2%
54. U. of Toronto $1,829,893,322 11.6%
55. Case Western Reserve U. $1,798,789,589 8.2%
56. U. of California Berkeley Foundation $1,794,602,103 13.2%
57. Smith College $1,767,465,922 8.6%
58. Tufts U. $1,738,706,000 11.2%
59. George Washington U. $1,729,147,338 10.1%
60. Georgetown U. $1,661,745,000 12.0%
61. U. of Oklahoma (all campuses) $1,646,184,053 8.3%
62. U. of Nebraska system $1,616,899,957 5.1%
63. Kansas University Endowment Association $1,612,336,856 9.3%
64. U. of Florida Foundation $1,612,003,411 10.3%
65. U. of Missouri system $1,603,230,170 9.8%
66. Washington and Lee U. $1,547,135,000 5.1%
67. Texas Christian U. $1,520,621,972 0.4%
68. Southern Methodist U. $1,514,606,643 9.4%
69. Bowdoin College $1,455,909,427 8.7%
70. U. of Iowa and Foundation $1,387,001,425 10.1%
71. U. of Delaware $1,364,057,422 8.1%
72. U. of Alabama system $1,351,160,037 10.7%
73. U. of California San Francisco Foundation $1,306,564,460 14.7%
74. Liberty U. $1,290,702,849 19.2%
75. Tulane U. $1,288,374,000 12.0%
76. U. of Kentucky $1,285,114,000 15.0%
77. U. of Cincinnati $1,282,742,689 10.1%
78. Lehigh U. $1,278,120,000 9.9%
79. U. of British Columbia $1,269,850,915 11.3%
80. Texas Tech U. system $1,261,576,469 12.0%
81. Syracuse U. $1,258,728,050 8.8%
82. Baylor U. $1,230,958,000 7.6%
83. McGill U. (Quebec) $1,230,605,293 9.8%
84. Rutgers, the State U. of New Jersey $1,220,265,086 12.6%
85. U. of Colorado Foundation $1,220,204,322 14.8%
86. U. of Tennessee $1,214,619,000 10.5%
87. Wake Forest U. $1,205,322,866 5.6%
88. Trinity U. (Tex.) $1,194,249,976 10.1%
89. Baylor College of Medicine $1,166,562,295 9.7%
90. U. of Georgia and related foundations $1,151,903,514 13.3%
91. Berea College $1,150,360,300 9.5%
92. Saint Louis U. $1,146,864,529 9.0%
93. U. of Utah $1,127,686,313 5.2%
94. North Carolina State U. and related foundations $1,122,899,000 12.4%
95. University System of Maryland Foundation $1,099,864,000 13.5%
96. Middlebury College $1,073,976,000 7.3%
97. Princeton Theological Seminary $1,066,351,281 7.1%
98. U. of Tulsa $1,026,476,382 7.2%
99. U. of Alberta $1,003,725,226 10.8%
100. Vassar College $1,002,570,163 7.9%
101. U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville $996,019,066 10.8%
102. Virginia Tech Foundation $995,807,448 18.1%
103. Brandeis U. $976,887,030 12.7%
104. Washington State U. $974,028,621 7.3%
105. Carnegie Institution of Washington $967,689,490 7.2%
106. U. of Houston system $962,296,848 29.7%
107. Berry College $959,995,521 2.6%
108. U. of Miami $948,579,230 12.3%
109. Santa Clara U. $905,858,000 7.6%
110. Hamilton College (N.Y.) $905,758,539 10.8%
111. Oklahoma State U. Foundation $903,414,568 6.7%
112. Wesleyan U. (Conn.) $897,800,000 16.6%
113. Colgate U. $881,322,950 7.3%
114. Medical College of Wisconsin $875,817,174 17.0%
115. College of William & Mary and foundations $874,080,692 8.8%
116. U. of California at Irvine Foundation $869,490,904 74.5%
117. Pepperdine U. $861,613,108 12.2%
118. Loma Linda U. $848,070,180 8.1%
119. Bryn Mawr College $845,863,802 6.1%
120. U. of Arizona and Foundation $843,529,009 11.8%
121. Rochester Institute of Technology $842,305,184 13.1%
122. Iowa State U. and Foundation $838,870,991 10.3%
123. Oberlin College $838,198,625 8.8%
124. Louisiana State U. system (all campuses) $835,175,551 6.8%
125. U. of Oregon Foundation $828,459,042 9.2%
126. Carleton College $828,168,145 12.2%
127. U. of Massachusetts Foundation $819,686,785 11.6%
128. Bucknell U. $800,765,000 10.8%
129. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art $798,919,435 2.8%
130. Lafayette College $790,304,000 7.8%
131. Queen’s U. (Ontario) $789,167,138 9.0%
132. Claremont McKenna College $784,363,000 10.6%
133. Denison U. $782,543,742 9.3%
134. Northeastern U. $778,948,000 12.4%
135. Colby College $775,129,000 9.1%
136. U. of South Carolina and affiliated foundations $770,781,793 n/a
137. College of the Holy Cross $748,948,000 10.0%
138. Macalester College $747,748,014 6.8%
139. Colorado College $743,175,058 8.8%
140. Auburn U. and Foundation $738,017,552 14.1%
141. Mount Holyoke College $729,438,097 9.5%
142. University System of New Hampshire and foundations $726,364,631 11.5%
143. U. of Louisville Foundation $719,000,703 0.5%
144. St. John’s U. (N.Y.) $716,485,000 11.4%
145. Davidson College $716,203,023 10.4%
146. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education $711,415,075 9.1%
147. U. of Denver $711,345,798 17.1%
148. Drexel U. $707,650,252 8.8%
149. Fordham U. $691,077,000 11.1%
150. Clemson U. Foundation $682,736,211 9.9%
151. Principia Corporation (includes Principia College) $682,373,271 2.6%
152. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $677,231,000 6.7%
153. U. of Mississippi Foundation $670,619,090 11.2%
154. DePauw U. $669,139,147 8.9%
155. Arizona State U. and Foundation $665,488,307 8.6%
156. Furman U. $661,046,233 8.4%
157. U. at Buffalo Foundation $659,156,156 9.7%
158. Oregon Health & Science U. Foundation $655,991,532 15.0%
159. American U. $647,138,395 12.2%
160. Villanova U. $645,567,827 17.2%
161. Yeshiva U. $644,569,632 3.0%
162. Florida State U. Foundation $639,371,375 9.4%
163. Marquette U. $626,169,323 13.8%
164. U. of California at San Diego Foundation $621,440,385 15.9%
165. American U. of Beirut $604,617,000 16.2%
166. Rush U. Medical Center $595,868,579 10.6%
167. Loyola U. Chicago $595,819,000 11.3%
168. Temple U. $581,960,000 17.8%
169. Trinity College (Conn.) $577,375,873 10.1%
170. West Virginia U. Foundation $566,425,682 10.8%
171. McMaster U. (Ontario) $564,991,927 10.7%
172. Oregon State U. Foundation $549,447,752 11.6%
173. Reed College $539,667,947 8.7%
174. Ohio U. and Foundation $536,197,227 11.3%
175. Creighton U. $525,581,495 17.2%
176. U. of Dayton $524,186,115 10.8%
177. American U. in Cairo $519,273,356 4.8%
178. Whitman College $518,290,323 8.5%
179. Hofstra U. $516,319,248 24.2%
180. Miami U. Foundation (Ohio) $512,400,080 14.7%
181. Haverford College $511,533,000 8.5%
182. Kansas State U. Foundation $506,232,000 6.4%
183. U. of Western Ontario $505,620,616 15.6%
184. U. of San Diego $503,568,114 12.0%
185. Worcester Polytechnic Institute $502,471,000 7.8%

Note: Data represent 809 U.S. college and university endowments and affiliated foundations with combined assets of $567 billion, along with 13 Canadian universities, whose endowment values are expressed in U.S. dollars. The one-year percentage-change column indicates changes in endowments’ market value from the end of the 2016 fiscal year, which for most colleges closed on June 30, 2016, to the end of the 2017 fiscal year, which for most colleges closed on June 30, 2017. Percentage change does not represent the rate of return on the institution’s investments but rather the net effect of withdrawals, payment of fees, contributions of donors, and investment gains or losses. Large percentage changes should be interpreted cautiously because they can result from fluctuations in the estimated valuations of real estate and other “illiquid” assets, or transfers from other institutional budget accounts. National-wealth comparisons were based on figures from Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth Databook 2017. An interactive tool with endowment data from 2007 to 2017 is on The Chronicle’s website. More data can be found here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.

Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute

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