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College and University Endowments, 2006

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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