College and University Endowments, 2010

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

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.

 

RankInstitutionEndowment
1.Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)32,012,729,000
2.Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)19,174,387,000
3.Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.)17,162,603,000
4.Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)16,502,606,000
5.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.)9,712,628,000
6.Columbia University (New York, N.Y.)7,789,578,000
7.University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.)7,725,307,000
8.University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.)6,582,030,000
9.University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.)6,383,344,000
10.Duke University (Durham, N.C.)5,747,377,000

 

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