Source (with a few supplements).
1. Princeton University ($2,951,077)
2. Yale University ($2,191,268)
3. Stanford University ($1,541,160)
4. Harvard University ($1,522,104)
5. Massachussetts Institute of Technology ($1,315,751)
6. California Institute of Technology ($940,620)
7. Rice University ($872,778)
8. Dartmouth College ($773,000)
9. University of Notre Dame ($762,463)
10. Northwestern University ($568,540)
11. Washington University, St. Louis ($562,770)
12. University of Pennsylvania ($541,389)
13. Duke University ($509,248)
14. Emory University ($493,635)
15. University of Chicago ($487,698)
16. Columbia University ($389,018)
17. Brown University ($373,000)
18. Vanderbilt University ($342,139)
19. Cornell University ($288,941)
20. University of Virginia ($277,836)
Some others:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ($197,056)
University of Texas System ($147,675)
University of Southern California ($127,612)
Texas A&M University System ($97,189)
New York University ($89,774)
University of California System ($36,235)
Compared to five years ago, one can see that some schools have gained ground (e.g., Northwestern, Penn), while others have lost ground (e.g., Chicago). It's still striking that schools like Columbia and Chicago punch above their weight qua research universities in terms of resources, while schools like Notre Dame, Wash U/St. Louis and Emory punch below their weight in terms of resources. Columbia has enormous real estate holdings, that are not reflected in the endowment figures, which understates its wealth (since these are used to attract and retain faculty). Chicago's case is more complicated, something I'll write about another time. The amount of wealth per student at the high end is really quite obscene, but it also explains how those schools can dominate so many areas; what's striking is that publics like Michigan and Berkeley can compete, even in the era of shrinking state support.
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