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College and University Endowments,
2006
These colleges and universities have the largest endowments in the
United States. Harvard University's is more than $10 billion more than No.
2 on the list, Yale University.
| Rank |
Institution |
Endowment1 |
| 1. |
Harvard University (Cambridge,
Mass.) |
$28,915,706,000 |
| 2. |
Yale University (New Haven,
Conn.) |
18,030,600,000 |
| 3. |
Stanford University (Stanford,
Calif.) |
14,084,676,000 |
| 4. |
Univ. of Texas System Administration
(Austin, Tex.) |
13,234,848,000 |
| 5. |
Princeton University (Princeton,
N.J.) |
13,044,900,000 |
| 6. |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Cambridge, Mass.) |
8,368,066,000 |
| 7. |
Columbia University (New York,
N.Y.) |
5,937,814,000 |
| 8. |
University of California |
5,733,621,000 |
| 9. |
Univ. of Michigan (Ann Arbor,
Mich.) |
5,652,262,000 |
| 10. |
Texas A&M University (College
Station, Tex.)2 |
5,642,978,000 |
| 11. |
Univ. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia,
Pa.) |
5,313,268,000 |
| 12. |
Northwestern University (Evanston,
Ill.) |
5,140,668,000 |
| 13. |
Emory University (Atlanta, Ga.) |
4,870,019,000 |
| 14. |
Univ. of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) |
4,867,003,000 |
| 15. |
Washington University (St. Louis,
Mo.) |
4,684,737,000 |
| 16. |
Duke University (Durham, N.C.) |
4,497,718,000 |
| 17. |
Univ. of Notre Dame (Notre Dame,
Ind.) |
4,436,624,000 |
| 18. |
Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) |
4,321,199,000 |
| 19. |
Rice University (Houston, Tex.) |
3,986,664,000 |
| 20. |
Univ. of Virginia (Charlottesville,
Va.) |
3,618,172,000 |
NOTES: Data includes institutions participating in the
comparative-performance study by the National Association of College and
University Business Officers. Some data have been revised from
previously published figures.
1. Institutions ranked by size of
endowment in 2006.
2. Includes foundations.
Source: U.S. Department of Education,
National Center for Education Statistics. (2008). Digest of
Education Statistics, 2007 Web: nces.ed.gov .
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