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December 27, 2004 12:00 AM

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    Top endowments

    Ranked by 2003 assets, in millions.







































































































    RANKEndowmentAssets
    1Harvard University $18,849
    2Yale University $11,035
    3Princeton University $8,730
    4University of Texas System $8,700
    5Stanford University $8,614
    6Massachusetts Institute of Technology $5,134
    7University of California $4,369
    8Columbia University $4,350
    9Emory University $4,020
    10The Texas A&M University System and Foundations $3,803
    11University of Pennsylvania $3,547
    12University of Michigan $3,465
    13Washington University $3,455
    14University of Chicago $3,222
    15Northwestern University$3,051
    16Duke University $3,017
    17Rice University $2,938
    18Cornell University $2,855
    19University of Notre Dame $2,573
    20Dartmouth College $2,121
    21University of Southern California $2,114
    22Vanderbilt University $2,019
    23University of Virginia $1,801
    24Johns Hopkins University $1,715
    25Brown University $1,461
    26University of Minnesota and Foundation $1,336
    27Case Western Reserve University $1,289
    28The Rockefeller University $1,278
    29New York University $1,245
    30Ohio State University and Foundation $1,217
    31University of Pittsburgh $1,157
    32California Institute of Technology $1,145
    33University of Rochester $1,127
    34Grinnell College $1,112
    35University of Washington $1,103
    36UNC at Chapel Hill and Foundations $1,097
    37Williams College $1,082
    38Purdue University $1,057
    39Wellesley College $1,043
    40University of Richmond $997
    41Pomona College $994
    42Boston College $969
    43Indiana University and Foundation $941
    44Swarthmore College $930
    45Pennsylvania State University $919
    46Yeshiva University $914
    47University of Illinois and Foundation $905
    48Amherst College $877
    49University of Cincinnati $873
    50University of Delaware $868
    51University of Missouri System $866
    52Baylor College of Medicine $834
    53Smith College $824
    54Southern Methodist University $810
    55Texas Christian University $797
    56University of Toronto $789
    57University of Nebraska and Foundation $776
    58Kansas University Endowment Association $736
    59Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. $730
    60Wake Forest University $725
    61Princeton Theological Seminary $717
    62Lehigh University $705
    63Berea College $696
    64University of Wisconsin Foundation $678
    65Tufts University $669
    66Syracuse University $657
    67Carnegie Mellon University $655
    68Saint Louis University $645
    69University of Tulsa $640
    70University of Iowa and Foundation $639
    71The George Washington University $634
    72Tulane University $634
    73Boston University $620
    74University of Alabama System $602
    75Trinity University (Texas) $594
    76University of Tennessee System $592
    77Michigan State University $592
    78Georgetown University $591
    79University of Oklahoma and Foundation $589
    80University of Florida Foundation, Inc. $586
    81Berry College $576
    82Baylor University $562
    83Vassar College $547
    84University of Arkansas and Foundation $546
    85Oberlin College $538
    86Middlebury College $536
    87Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $511
    88UCLA Foundation $499
    89Lafayette College $496
    90Washington State University $496
    91University of Louisville Foundation $475
    92Wesleyan University $472
    93University of British Columbia $459
    94University of Maryland System and Foundation $452
    95Bowdoin College $452
    96Carleton College $452
    97Macalester College $436
    98Colgate University $423
    99Bryn Mawr College $419
    100Louisiana State University System $417

    Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers
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