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🏛️ US Colleges by Endowment

The richest colleges and universities in the United States, by the size of their endowment.

📅 2025📏 USD billion89 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of $545.80B (89 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 49 are merged into one grey tile.
1
Harvard UniversityMA
$55.67B
2
Yale UniversityCT
$44.15B
3
Stanford UniversityCA
$40.79B
4
Princeton UniversityNJ
$36.42B
5
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA
$27.37B
6
University of PennsylvaniaPA
$24.81B
7
University of Notre DameIN
$20.09B
8
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY
$15.92B
9
Northwestern UniversityIL
$15.17B
10
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD
$13.73B
11
Washington University in St. LouisMO
$13.30B
12
Duke UniversityNC
$12.32B
13
Emory UniversityGA
$12.00B
14
Cornell UniversityNY
$11.75B
15
Vanderbilt UniversityTN
$10.86B
16
University of ChicagoIL
$10.62B
17
University of Southern CaliforniaCA
$9.03B
18
Dartmouth CollegeNH
$8.96B
19
Rice UniversityTX
$8.50B
20
Brown UniversityRI
$7.28B
21
New York UniversityNY
$7.28B
22
California Institute of TechnologyCA
$4.32B
23
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA
$4.29B
24
Boston CollegeMA
$4.24B
25
Boston UniversityMA
$4.02B
26
Georgetown UniversityDC
$3.95B
27
Williams CollegeMA
$3.93B
28
Amherst CollegeMA
$3.90B
29
University of RichmondVA
$3.49B
30
University of RochesterNY
$3.24B
31
Pomona CollegeCA
$3.22B
32
Wellesley CollegeMA
$3.19B
33
Bowdoin CollegeME
$2.92B
34
Grinnell CollegeIA
$2.85B
35
Texas Christian UniversityTX
$2.85B
36
Swarthmore CollegePA
$2.84B
37
George Washington UniversityDC
$2.81B
38
Smith CollegeMA
$2.71B
39
Tufts UniversityMA
$2.71B
40
Rockefeller UniversityNY
$2.61B
41
Case Western Reserve UniversityOH
$2.52B
42
Tulane UniversityLA
$2.47B
43
Southern Methodist UniversityTX
$2.34B
44
Syracuse UniversityNY
$2.27B
45
Washington and Lee UniversityVA
$2.19B
46
Baylor UniversityTX
$2.18B
47
Wake Forest UniversityNC
$2.15B
48
Saint Louis UniversityMO
$2.02B
49
Lehigh UniversityPA
$2.00B
50
Medical College of WisconsinWI
$1.94B
51
Trinity UniversityTX
$1.94B
52
Berea CollegeKY
$1.83B
53
Middlebury CollegeVT
$1.73B
54
University of MiamiFL
$1.71B
55
Santa Clara UniversityCA
$1.67B
56
Wesleyan UniversityCT
$1.64B
57
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoIL
$1.60B
58
Princeton Theological SeminaryNJ
$1.56B
59
Hamilton CollegeNY
$1.50B
60
Oberlin CollegeOH
$1.48B
61
Berry CollegeGA
$1.47B
62
Villanova UniversityPA
$1.47B
63
Davidson CollegeNC
$1.46B
64
Rochester Institute of TechnologyNY
$1.46B
65
Loma Linda UniversityCA
$1.44B
66
Baylor College of MedicineTX
$1.43B
67
Vassar CollegeNY
$1.39B
68
Loyola University of ChicagoIL
$1.37B
69
Brandeis UniversityMA
$1.36B
70
Claremont McKenna CollegeCA
$1.35B
71
Bryn Mawr CollegePA
$1.34B
72
Colgate UniversityNY
$1.34B
73
University of TulsaOK
$1.34B
74
Carleton CollegeMN
$1.33B
75
Pepperdine UniversityCA
$1.29B
76
Bucknell UniversityPA
$1.26B
77
Colby CollegeME
$1.25B
78
College of the Holy CrossMA
$1.21B
79
Lafayette CollegePA
$1.20B
80
Mount Holyoke CollegeMA
$1.18B
81
DePaul UniversityIL
$1.15B
82
University of DenverCO
$1.15B
83
Drexel UniversityPA
$1.13B
84
Marquette UniversityWI
$1.13B
85
American UniversityDC
$1.12B
86
Howard UniversityDC
$1.12B
87
Denison UniversityOH
$1.10B
88
Colorado CollegeCO
$1.06B
89
Fordham UniversityNY
$1.05B

Highlights

Within United States, Harvard University ranks first in 2025 with $55.67B, followed by Yale University ($44.15B) and Stanford University ($40.79B).

Across 89 entries, values run from $55.67B (Harvard University) to $1.05B (Fordham University), with a median of $2.19B.

Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers (FY2025) (via Wikipedia), 2025. Unit: USD billion.

Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers (FY2025) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026