Endowment returns for fiscal year 2014

Returns for fiscal year 2014 ended June 30 among the largest endowments.
University2014 return2013 returnChange in basis points
University of Minnesota20.4%12.8%760
Yale University 20.2%12.5%770
Duke University 20.1%13.5%660
University of Notre Dame19.7%11.8%790
Dartmouth College19.2%12.1%710
Mass. Institute of Technology 19.2%11.1%810
University of Virginia 19.0%13.4%560
University of California18.7%11.6%710
Pennsylvania State University17.9%11.3%660
Columbia University 17.5%11.5%600
University of Pennsylvania 17.5%14.4%310
Stanford University 17.0%12.1%490
Boston University16.7%11.5%520
Brown University16.1%12.6%350
University of Texas System 15.9%9.3%660
University of Washington15.8%13.5%230
University of North Carolina15.7%12.1%360
Harvard University 15.4%11.3%410
Ohio State University14.4%11.6%280
University of Chicago12.7%6.6%610
Average17.5%11.8%563
Source: University documents; published reports; publicly available information

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