December 24, 2012 12:00 AM

Largest endowments

Ranked by total assets, in U.S. billions, as of June 30, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

Rank	Endowment	Assets
1	Harvard University	$30.70
2	University of Texas System1	$20.71
3	Stanford University1	$19.70
4	Yale University	$19.30
5	Princeton University	$17.00
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$10.30
7	University of Michigan	$7.70
8	Columbia University	$7.65
9	Northwestern University2	$7.18
10	The Texas A&M University2	$7.00
11	University of Pennsylvania	$6.80
12	University of California	$6.53
13	University of Chicago	$6.51
14	University of Notre Dame	$6.40
15	Duke University	$5.60
16	University of Virginia	$5.43
17	Emory University2	$5.40
18	Washington University	$5.24
19	Cornell University	$4.95
20	Rice University	$4.42
21	University of Southern California2	$3.52
22	Dartmouth College	$3.49
23	Vanderbilt University	$3.40
24	New York University2	$2.83
25	University of Pittsburgh	$2.64
26	Johns Hopkins University2	$2.60
27	Brown University	$2.52
28	University of Minnesota	$2.50
29	Ohio State University	$2.37
30	University of North Carolina2	$2.26
31	University of Washington	$2.11
32	Purdue University	$1.92
33	University of Richmond2	$1.88
34	University of Wisconsin2	$1.87
35	Williams College	$1.80
36	California Institute of Technology2	$1.77
37	Pennsylvania State University	$1.77
38	Boston College	$1.76
39	Case Western Reserve University2	$1.70
40	Pomona College2	$1.70
Notes: 1 As of Aug. 31, 2012; 2 As of June 30, 2011
Sources: Bloomberg LP, university filings