Charts: Giving to Colleges and Universities, 2008-9

Top Fund-Raising Institutions, 2008-9
The alumni participation rate of 10 percent was the lowest ever recorded by this annual survey.

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Top Fund-Raising Institutions, 2008-9
Type of institution	Number of institutions surveyed	Alumni participation	Average gift	One-year change
The alumni participation rate of 10 percent was the lowest ever recorded by this annual survey.
Source: Council for Aid to Education
Research	218	11.1%	$1,274	-13.4%
Private	74	15.3%	$1,918	-15.0%
Public	144	9.6%	$924	-11.4%
Master’s	329	7.1%	$544	-18.1%
Private	169	10.3%	$754	-9.3%
Public	160	5.4%	$336	-31.1%
Baccalaureate	265	19.3%	$1,011	-14.4%
Private	228	22.2%	$1,030	-14.3%
Public	37	6.1%	$699	-14.1%
Specialized	54	8.1%	$671	-19.5%
Private	37	10.3%	$769	-18.3%
Public	17	6.0%	$512	-20.3%
2-year	161	1.0%	$286	-2.2%
Private	2	2.6%	$203	-79.4%
Public	159	1.0%	$287	21.2%
All	1,027	10.0%	$1,085	-13.8%

Giving by Type of Institution, 2008-9
Type of institution	Number of institutions surveyed	Total amount (in thousands)	Average per institution (in thousands)	One-year change
Source: Council for Aid to Education
Research	218	$17,787,241	$81,593	-12.0%
Private	74	$8,407,644	$113,617	-9.7%
Public	144	$9,379,597	$65,136	-13.2%
Master’s	329	$2,157,936	$6,559	-10.3%
Private	169	$1,333,384	$7,890	-6.7%
Public	160	$824,553	$5,153	-13.6%
Baccalaureate	265	$2,322,880	$8,766	-18.3%
Private	228	$2,171,389	$9,524	-18.8%
Public	37	$151,492	$4,094	-3.5%
Specialized	54	$1,224,200	$22,670	-13.6%
Private	37	$438,458	$11,850	2.7%
Public	17	$785,742	$46,220	-22.9%
2-year	161	$200,513	$1,245	-19.9%
Private	2	$4,517	$2,258	-14.9%
Public	159	$195,996	$1,233	-19.3%
All	1,027	$23,692,771	$23,070	-11.2%

Top Fund-Raising Institutions, 2008-9
		Amount raised	1-year change	5-year change
1.	Stanford U.	$640,107,311	-18.5%	22.0%
2.	Harvard U.	$601,636,000	-7.5%	11.3%
3.	Cornell U.	$446,749,543	9.1%	15.8%
4.	U. of Pennsylvania	$439,768,922	-7.6%	32.1%
5.	Johns Hopkins U.	$433,387,640	-3.5%	39.1%
6.	Columbia U.	$413,358,859	-16.5%	42.2%
7.	U. of Southern California	$368,981,377	-9.8%	14.6%
8.	Yale U.	$358,147,948	-26.4%	35.3%
9.	U. of California at Los Angeles	$351,688,985	-23.0%	34.2%
10.	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	$341,805,035	-16.7%	31.0%
11.	New York U.	$334,787,429	-13.6%	55.8%
12.	U. of Washington	$323,545,197	6.9%	65.3%
13.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$319,074,750	2.3%	10.1%
14.	Duke U.	$301,647,088	-21.8%	18.3%
15.	U. of California at San Francisco	$300,424,315	-17.9%	40.4%
16.	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	$272,353,115	-11.5%	10.9%
17.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$270,111,159	-7.6%	44.5%
18.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	$263,329,921	-21.0%	27.7%
19.	U. of California at Berkeley	$255,095,124	-10.6%	43.3%
20.	U. of Chicago	$248,804,299	-3.2%	59.0%
Source: Council for Aid to Education