Colleges With the Largest Endowments

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1. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): $35,556,718,000
2. Yale University (New Haven, CT): $23,858,561,000
3. Stanford University (Stanford, CA): $21,446,006,000

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4. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ): $20,995,517,522

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5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA): $12,425,131,000
6. The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): $11,340,759,971
7. Texas A&M University — College Station (College Station, TX): $10,540,226,250
8. University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI): $9,731,538,493

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9. Northwestern University (Evanston, IL): $9,704,003,244
10. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): $9,582,335,257
11. Columbia University (New York, NY): $9,223,047,000

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12. University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN): $8,189,096,000

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13. The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL): $7,545,544,000

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14. Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): $6,719,449,000
15. Duke University (Durham, NC): $6,234,416,254

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16. Emory University (Atlanta, GA): $6,039,139,944
17. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): $5,806,543,769
18. Rice University (Houston, TX): $5,528,000,000
19. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): $4,593,014,000
20. Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH): $4,468,000,000

Source: 2014 Voluntary Support of Education, Council for Aid to Education (Shared with permission)

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