Largest private institution endowments

Largest private institution endowments covers 50 FY2025 survey respondents with combined reported endowment assets of USD 492,265.805 million. Harvard University has the largest value in this selection, USD 55,670.339 million, representing 11.31% of its total. All values use the same published NACUBO survey year.

This page selects the 50 largest respondents in NACUBO's Private college/university endowment or Other non-profit institution category. The source category can include organizations beyond tuition-charging colleges. It is not a determination of eligibility for the federal private-college excise tax.

Survey rankInstitution or respondentState / provinceFY2025, USD millionsFY2024, USD millions
1Harvard UniversityMA55,670.33951,977.208
2Yale UniversityCT44,149.80041,441.700
3Stanford UniversityCA40,786.00037,631.000
4The Trustees of Princeton UniversityNJ36,415.02734,052.327
5Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA27,366.23924,572.716
7The University of PennsylvaniaPA24,808.02822,347.945
11University of Notre DameIN20,092.07817,897.379
12Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY15,917.49014,782.492
13Northwestern UniversityIL15,167.62014,209.710
14Johns Hopkins UniversityMD13,734.96413,063.073
15Washington University in St. LouisMO13,298.96311,981.486
16Duke UniversityNC12,318.45511,889.994
17Emory UniversityGA12,000.43611,043.532
18Cornell UniversityNY11,748.17510,658.170
20Vanderbilt UniversityTN10,856.98310,247.727
21University of ChicagoIL10,621.04810,104.952
22University of Southern CaliforniaCA9,028.3528,145.120
23Dartmouth CollegeNH8,959.7018,273.316
25Rice UniversityTX8,496.6188,063.340
26Brown UniversityRI7,278.2526,718.785
27New York UniversityNY7,276.0006,546.000
37California Institute of TechnologyCA4,317.2004,144.800
38Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA4,287.1433,997.096
39Boston CollegeMA4,236.2003,777.900
41Boston UniversityMA4,016.1423,536.713
42Georgetown UniversityDC3,951.3643,638.443
43Williams CollegeMA3,931.2473,655.558
44Amherst CollegeMA3,898.6713,549.576
48University of RichmondVA3,493.9903,245.090
51University of RochesterNY3,243.6822,989.014
53Pomona CollegeCA3,220.5132,991.629
54Wellesley CollegeMA3,185.2713,005.052
57Bowdoin CollegeME2,915.1432,582.046
58Texas Christian UniversityTX2,854.0002,676.000
59Grinnell CollegeIA2,847.3812,670.846
60Swarthmore CollegePA2,842.6852,728.473
61The George Washington UniversityDC2,812.5592,639.708
63Smith CollegeMA2,709.5302,564.123
64Tufts UniversityMA2,707.0422,533.755
67The Rockefeller UniversityNY2,607.9032,420.101
71Case Western Reserve UniversityOH2,520.0572,396.658
74Tulane UniversityLA2,467.9912,274.166
77Southern Methodist UniversityTX2,339.6702,122.236
78Syracuse UniversityNY2,270.3772,097.426
79Washington and Lee UniversityVA2,192.2302,043.225
81Baylor UniversityTX2,180.2272,094.406
83Wake Forest UniversityNC2,149.6891,997.300
87University of DelawareDE2,056.3281,929.793
88Saint Louis UniversityMO2,018.4721,879.430
89Lehigh UniversityPA2,002.5301,872.716

Source: FY2025 NACUBO respondent table. Values in the source are thousands of U.S. dollars; this table divides by 1,000 to show millions.

The selection contains 50 linked institution profiles. Rows without a profile keep the institution's name as plain text. The ranking is based on reported market value. It does not measure investment skill, the amount available for unrestricted spending or endowment assets per student. Institutions participate voluntarily, so this is a comparison of respondents in the published table rather than a census of all charitable funds.

Reading the values

The FY2024 column is the prior-year value published alongside FY2025. A difference between the columns includes gifts, investment activity and distributions, with possible transfers or reporting changes. It is not the institution's investment return. A newer official figure in an institution profile may use another fiscal year, a different portfolio or a broader accounting category. The common-year table keeps those newer figures out of the size ordering.

A system and a campus can both appear as respondents. Supporting foundations may also report separately or within a combined institution-and-foundation amount. Their assets can overlap, so the sum above describes the rows selected here and should not be interpreted as a consolidated total for an entire state or sector. The profile pages provide the reporting names and dates needed to read those relationships.

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