College and University Endowments, 2005

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
Rank Institution Endowment1
1. Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) $25,473,721,000
2. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) 15,224,900,000
3. Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) 12,205,000,000
4. Univ. of Texas System Administration (Austin, Tex.) 11,610,997,000
5. Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.) 11,206,500,088
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.) 6,712,436,000
7. University of California 5,221,916,000
8. Columbia University (New York, N.Y.) 5,190,564,000
9. Texas A&M University (College Station, Tex.)2 4,963,879,000
10. Univ. of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 4,931,338,000
11. Emory University (Atlanta, Ga.) 4,376,272,000
12. Univ. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.) 4,369,782,000
13. Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.) 4,268,415,000
14. Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 4,215,275,000
15. Univ. of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) 4,137,494,000
16. Duke University (Durham, N.C.) 3,826,153,000
17. Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) 3,777,092,000
18. Univ. of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.) 3,650,224,000
19. Rice University (Houston, Tex.) 3,611,127,000
20. Univ. of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.) 3,219,098,000
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 2005.
2. Includes foundations.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2007). Digest of Education Statistics, 2006 Web: nces.ed.gov .

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