List of US colleges and universities by endowment

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This list of US colleges and universities by endowment contains the 56 universities in the United States that have an endowment of at least 1 billion US dollars (at fiscal year-end 2005). For a sense of the scale of the largest U.S. university endowments: the endowment of Harvard is approximately the same size as the annual GDP of Lithuania, Yale's endowment is approximately the same size as Panama's annual GDP and Stanford's endowment is slightly larger than the annual GDP of Uzbekistan. The top-five endowments combined as an annual national GDP would fall somewhere between the annual GDP of Peru and Kuwait.

Rank Institution Endowment
1 Harvard University .474B
2 Yale University .225B
3 Stanford University .205B
4 *University of Texas System .611B
5 Princeton University .207B
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology .712B
7 *University of California .222B
8 Columbia University .191B
9 *Texas A&M University System .964B
10 University of Michigan .931B
11 Emory University .376B
12 University of Pennsylvania .370B
13 Washington University in St. Louis .268B
14 Northwestern University .215B
15 Cornell University
16 University of Chicago .138B
17 Duke University .826B
18 University of Notre Dame .650B
19 Rice University .611B
20 University of Virginia .219B
21 University of Southern California .746B
22 Dartmouth College .714B
23 Vanderbilt University .628B
24 Johns Hopkins University .177B
25 Brown University .010B
26 University of Minnesota .969B
27 University of Washington .73B
28 Ohio State University .726B
29 Rockefeller University .557B
30 New York University .548B
31 University of Pittsburgh .530B
32 Case Western Reserve University .516B
33 UNC Chapel Hill .486B
34 California Institute of Technology .418B
35 Grinnell College .390B
36 University of Rochester .370B
37 Williams College .514B
38 Purdue University .341B
39 Michigan State University .325B
40 Wellesley College .276B
41 Boston College .270B
42 University of Richmond .208B
43 Penn State University .175B
44 Swarthmore College .164B
45 Amherst College .155B
46 Yeshiva University .149B
47 *University of Illinois .148B
48 *University of Wisconsin System .125B
49 *Indiana University .107B
50 University of Delaware .077B
51 *University of Nebraska .042B
52 Tufts University .040B
53 Smith College .036B
54 Texas Christian University .033B
55 University of Cincinnati .032B
56 Southern Methodist University .013B
57 Baylor College of Medicine .008B

Rank	Institution	Endowment
1	Harvard University	.474B
2	Yale University	.225B
3	Stanford University	.205B
4	*University of Texas System	.611B
5	Princeton University	.207B
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	.712B
7	*University of California	.222B
8	Columbia University	.191B
9	*Texas A&M University System	.964B
10	University of Michigan	.931B
11	Emory University	.376B
12	University of Pennsylvania	.370B
13	Washington University in St. Louis	.268B
14	Northwestern University	.215B
15	Cornell University
16	University of Chicago	.138B
17	Duke University	.826B
18	University of Notre Dame	.650B
19	Rice University	.611B
20	University of Virginia	.219B
21	University of Southern California	.746B
22	Dartmouth College	.714B
23	Vanderbilt University	.628B
24	Johns Hopkins University	.177B
25	Brown University	.010B
26	University of Minnesota	.969B
27	University of Washington	.73B
28	Ohio State University	.726B
29	Rockefeller University	.557B
30	New York University	.548B
31	University of Pittsburgh	.530B
32	Case Western Reserve University	.516B
33	UNC Chapel Hill	.486B
34	California Institute of Technology	.418B
35	Grinnell College	.390B
36	University of Rochester	.370B
37	Williams College	.514B
38	Purdue University	.341B
39	Michigan State University	.325B
40	Wellesley College	.276B
41	Boston College	.270B
42	University of Richmond	.208B
43	Penn State University	.175B
44	Swarthmore College	.164B
45	Amherst College	.155B
46	Yeshiva University	.149B
47	*University of Illinois	.148B
48	*University of Wisconsin System	.125B
49	*Indiana University	.107B
50	University of Delaware	.077B
51	*University of Nebraska	.042B
52	Tufts University	.040B
53	Smith College	.036B
54	Texas Christian University	.033B
55	University of Cincinnati	.032B
56	Southern Methodist University	.013B
57	Baylor College of Medicine	.008B

*Denotes the aggregate of a cluster of institutions (university system).

Largest endowments per student (2004)

While total endowment size is a useful measurement of the wealth of a university, it is not necessarily the best means of comparing the financial resources of different universities because it does not take the size of the institution into account. For example, Emory's endowment may be more than 4 times larger than Smith's, but Emory's endowment also has to support more than 4 times as many students. As a result, the two schools have about the same amount of money to spend per student from their endowments. That being said, comparing the size of endowments per student can misrepresent the resources of smaller colleges because large universities can take better advantage of economies of scale and are generally able to get better returns on their investments. Notably, with the exception of the graduate-only medical school University of California, San Francisco, every institution in the top 50 is private.

Rank Institution Endowment per Student
1. Princeton University ,678,406
2. Yale University ,328,552
3. Harvard University ,278,283
4. Grinnell College 3,666
5. Pomona College 7,825
6. Swarthmore College 9,735
7. Williams College 8,146
8. Rice University 3,909
9. Stanford University 4,622
10. Caltech 1,004
11. Amherst College 8,469
12. MIT 0,426
13. Wellesley College 7,347
14. Berea College 3,778
15. Dartmouth College 6,734
16. Wabash College 5,412
17. Smith College 1,572
18. Emory University 8,322
19. Bowdoin College 4,786
20. Haverford College 6,788
21. Washington University 7,601
22. University of Notre Dame 7,991
23. Claremont McKenna College 5,208
24. Earlham College 9,135
25. Middlebury College 6,253
26. University of Chicago 3,211
27. Hamilton College 7,572
28. Macalester College 4,891
29. Bryn Mawr College 0,279
30. Harvey Mudd College 7,207
31. Carleton College 4,779
32. Vassar College 1,254
33. Trinity University 9,780
34. University of Richmond 8,827
35. University of California, San Francisco 2,341
36. Lafayette College 5,066
37. Northwestern University 0,785
38. Washington and Lee University 5,384
39. Scripps College 2,171
40. Brown University 9,584
41. Colby College 2,952
42. Duke University 2,650
43. Vanderbilt University 0,054
44. Columbia University 3,404
45. Davidson College 2,963
46. Southwestern University 8,710
47. Oberlin College 8,498
48. Mount Holyoke College 4,832
49. Denison University 4,666
50. Whitman College 6,231

Rank	Institution	Endowment per Student
1.	Princeton University	,678,406
2.	Yale University	,328,552
3.	Harvard University	,278,283
4.	Grinnell College	3,666
5.	Pomona College	7,825
6.	Swarthmore College	9,735
7.	Williams College	8,146
8.	Rice University	3,909
9.	Stanford University	4,622
10.	Caltech	1,004
11.	Amherst College	8,469
12.	MIT	0,426
13.	Wellesley College	7,347
14.	Berea College	3,778
15.	Dartmouth College	6,734
16.	Wabash College	5,412
17.	Smith College	1,572
18.	Emory University	8,322
19.	Bowdoin College	4,786
20.	Haverford College	6,788
21.	Washington University	7,601
22.	University of Notre Dame	7,991
23.	Claremont McKenna College	5,208
24.	Earlham College	9,135
25.	Middlebury College	6,253
26.	University of Chicago	3,211
27.	Hamilton College	7,572
28.	Macalester College	4,891
29.	Bryn Mawr College	0,279
30.	Harvey Mudd College	7,207
31.	Carleton College	4,779
32.	Vassar College	1,254
33.	Trinity University	9,780
34.	University of Richmond	8,827
35.	University of California, San Francisco	2,341
36.	Lafayette College	5,066
37.	Northwestern University	0,785
38.	Washington and Lee University	5,384
39.	Scripps College	2,171
40.	Brown University	9,584
41.	Colby College	2,952
42.	Duke University	2,650
43.	Vanderbilt University	0,054
44.	Columbia University	3,404
45.	Davidson College	2,963
46.	Southwestern University	8,710
47.	Oberlin College	8,498
48.	Mount Holyoke College	4,832
49.	Denison University	4,666
50.	Whitman College	6,231

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