| Top endowments |
| Largest endowments measured by 2006 assets, in millions. |
|
| 1 | Harvard University | $28,916 |
| 2 | Yale University | $18,031 |
| 3 | Stanford University | $14,085 |
| 4 | University of Texas System | $13,235 |
| 5 | Princeton University | $13,045 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $8,368 |
| 7 | Columbia University | $5,938 |
| 8 | University of California | $5,734 |
| 9 | University of Michigan | $5,652 |
| 10 | Texas A&M University System and Foundations | $5,643 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | $5,313 |
| 12 | Northwestern University | $5,141 |
| 13 | Emory University | $4,870 |
| 14 | University of Chicago | $4,867 |
| 15 | Washington University | $4,685 |
| 16 | Duke University | $4,498 |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | $4,437 |
| 18 | Cornell University | $4,321 |
| 19 | Rice University | $3,987 |
| 20 | University of Virginia | $3,618 |
| 21 | Dartmouth College | $3,092 |
| 22 | University of Southern California | $3,066 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt University | $2,946 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | $2,351 |
| 25 | University of Minnesota and Related Foundations | $2,224 |
| 26 | Brown University | $2,167 |
| 27 | Ohio State University and Foundation | $1,997 |
| 28 | University of Pittsburgh | $1,803 |
| 29 | University of Washington | $1,794 |
| 30 | New York University | $1,775 |
| 31 | The Rockefeller University | $1,772 |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | $1,599 |
| 33 | California Institute of Technology | $1,581 |
| 34 | Purdue University | $1,494 |
| 35 | University of Rochester | $1,491 |
| 36 | Grinnell College | $1,472 |
| 37 | Williams College | $1,462 |
| 38 | Pomona College | $1,457 |
| 39 | Boston College | $1,448 |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin Foundation | $1,426 |
| 41 | University of Toronto | $1,415 |
| 42 | Wellesley College | $1,412 |
| 43 | University of Richmond | $1,388 |
| 44 | Amherst College | $1,337 |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University | $1,326 |
| 46 | Indiana University and Foundation | $1,276 |
| 47 | Yeshiva University | $1,273 |
| 48 | University of Illinois and Foundation | $1,252 |
| 49 | Swarthmore College | $1,245 |
| 50 | University of Delaware | $1,223 |
| 51 | Tufts University | $1,215 |
| 52 | Smith College | $1,156 |
| 53 | University of Nebraska and Foundation | $1,154 |
| 54 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Foundations | $1,149 |
| 55 | Southern Methodist University | $1,122 |
| 56 | University of Cincinnati | $1,101 |
| 57 | Baylor College of Medicine | $1,059 |
| 58 | Kansas University Endowment Association | $1,049 |
| 59 | Michigan State University | $1,048 |
| 60 | Georgia Tech Foundation Inc. | $1,048 |
| 61 | Wake Forest University | $1,043 |
| 62 | Texas Christian University | $1,016 |
| 63 | University of Florida Foundation Inc. | $996 |
| 64 | The George Washington University | $964 |
| 65 | University of Oklahoma and Foundation | $960 |
| 66 | Berea College | $949 |
| 67 | Princeton Theological Seminary | $945 |
| 68 | University of Missouri System | $944 |
| 69 | Carnegie Mellon University | $940 |
| 70 | Lehigh University | $939 |
| 71 | Boston University | $916 |
| 72 | Syracuse University | $908 |
| 73 | Baylor University | $870 |
| 74 | Tulane University | $858 |
| 75 | University of Alabama System | $849 |
| 76 | Georgetown University | $834 |
| 77 | University of Iowa and Foundation | $833 |
| 78 | Saint Louis University | $825 |
| 79 | University of Tulsa | $817 |
| 80 | Trinity University (Texas) | $815 |
| 81 | University of Tennessee System | $811 |
| 82 | UCLA Foundation | $805 |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | $785 |
| 84 | Middlebury College | $782 |
| 85 | University of British Columbia | $772 |
| 86 | University of Arkansas and Foundation | $763 |
| 87 | Vassar College | $742 |
| 88 | McGill University | $730 |
| 89 | Oberlin College | $695 |
| 90 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $683 |
| 91 | University of Louisville Foundation | $680 |
| 92 | University of Maryland System and Foundation | $675 |
| 93 | Bowdoin College | $673 |
| 94 | The Juilliard School | $664 |
| 95 | Lafayette College | $648 |
| 96 | University of Miami | $620 |
| 97 | Wesleyan University | $620 |
| 98 | Santa Clara University | $599 |
| 99 | Northeastern University | $596 |
| 100 | Louisiana State University System | $593 |
| Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers |
