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Top Ten College Endowments

1 Harvard University — $34
1 Harvard University — $34

Since colleges and universities vary greatly in terms of the size of their student bodies, a table with endowment per student figures is included as well. For example, Princeton University's endowment is smaller than Harvard University's, yet Princeton University's endowment per student figure is larger than Harvard University's at $2.8 million per student.

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Yale University, $20,780,000,000
Yale University, $20,780,000,000

Harvard University's endowment was worth more than $32 billion last year, beating out other universities by billions of dollars. Other top endowments included Yale University with $20.8 billion, the University of Texas system with $20.4 billion and Stanford University with $18.7 billion.

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3 The University of Texas System — $24
3 The University of Texas System — $24

The value of the Texas System’s fund grew 24 percent to $25.4 billion in the year ended June 30, the biggest after Harvard University’s $35.9 billion. Yale’s endowment, which had ranked second since at least 2002, increased 15 percent to $23.9 billion.

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4 Stanford University — $22
4 Stanford University — $22

Since colleges and universities vary greatly in terms of the size of their student bodies, a table with endowment per student figures is included as well. For example, Princeton University's endowment is smaller than Harvard University's, yet Princeton University's endowment per student figure is larger than Harvard University's at $2.8 million per student.

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5 Princeton University — $22
5 Princeton University — $22

Princeton’s success relies heavily on this annual growth, as almost 50% of 2014-2015 fiscal year revenue was attributable to endowment distributions. Princeton maintains a target spending rate between 4 and 6.25%. Stanford University - $22.2 Billion. Stanford University maintains over 7,000 separate endowed university funds.

Harvard University, $32,334,293,000
Harvard University, $32,334,293,000

Tags: students, colleges, college endowments, Harvard University, education Farran Powell is an education reporter at U.S. News, covering paying for college and graduate school. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at fpowell@usnews.com.

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University of Texas System, $20,448,313,000
University of Texas System, $20,448,313,000

For example, Princeton University's endowment is smaller than Harvard University's, yet Princeton University's endowment per student figure is larger than Harvard University's at $2.8 million per student.

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Stanford University, $18,688,868,000
Stanford University, $18,688,868,000

The NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments found that the return on endowment funds at higher education institutions dipped by around 1.9 percent on average for the 2016 fiscal year, based on data gathered from 805 colleges and universities.

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Princeton University, $18,200,433,000
Princeton University, $18,200,433,000

Since colleges and universities vary greatly in terms of the size of their student bodies, a table with endowment per student figures is included as well. For example, Princeton University's endowment is smaller than Harvard University's, yet Princeton University's endowment per student figure is larger than Harvard University's at $2.8 million per student.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $11,005,932,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $11,005,932,000

Background on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Endowment Fund: Our team, the Endowment Fund Association (EFA) and Endowments.com is the #1 community and most visited website dedicated to endowment fund professionals.