Highest endowment per student – U.S. universities
These 50 U.S. universities rank highest by endowment per undergraduate, drawn from 1,748 institutions with reported data in the U.S. Department of Education data for FY2022-23 endowment / 2024-25 enrollment. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) leads at $6.7M.
| # | Institution | Endowment per undergrad |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityMA · Private | $6.7M |
| 2 | Yale UniversityCT · Private | $6M |
| 3 | Princeton UniversityNJ · Private | $5.8M |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA · Private | $5.2M |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityCA · Private | $4.8M |
| 6 | University of PennsylvaniaPA · Private | $2M |
| 7 | University of Notre DameIN · Private | $1.9M |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · Private | $1.9M |
| 9 | Duke UniversityNC · Private | $1.8M |
| 10 | Amherst CollegeMA · Private | $1.7M |
| 11 | Dartmouth CollegeNH · Private | $1.7M |
| 12 | Swarthmore CollegePA · Private | $1.7M |
| 13 | Pomona CollegeCA · Private | $1.7M |
| 14 | Rice UniversityTX · Private | $1.6M |
| 15 | Williams CollegeMA · Private | $1.6M |
| 16 | Emory UniversityGA · Private | $1.6M |
| 17 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY · Private | $1.5M |
| 18 | Washington University in St LouisMO · Private | $1.5M |
| 19 | Grinnell CollegeIA · Private | $1.4M |
| 20 | Vanderbilt UniversityTN · Private | $1.3M |
| 21 | Bowdoin CollegeME · Private | $1.3M |
| 22 | Wellesley CollegeMA · Private | $1.3M |
| 23 | Northwestern UniversityIL · Private | $1.1M |
| 24 | University of ChicagoIL · Private | $1.1M |
| 25 | University of RichmondVA · Private | $1.1M |
| 26 | Washington and Lee UniversityVA · Private | $1M |
| 27 | Berea CollegeKY · Private | $982,928 |
| 28 | Smith CollegeMA · Private | $971,075 |
| 29 | Claremont McKenna CollegeCA · Private | $869,213 |
| 30 | Brown UniversityRI · Private | $858,211 |
| 31 | Bryn Mawr CollegePA · Private | $840,167 |
| 32 | Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA · Private | $709,983 |
| 33 | Davidson CollegeNC · Private | $708,204 |
| 34 | Trinity UniversityTX · Private | $664,167 |
| 35 | Hillsdale CollegeMI · Private | $637,319 |
| 36 | Hamilton CollegeNY · Private | $631,726 |
| 37 | Cornell UniversityNY · Private | $597,267 |
| 38 | University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOK · Public | $575,066 |
| 39 | Carleton CollegeMN · Private | $564,013 |
| 40 | Berry CollegeGA · Private | $561,828 |
| 41 | University of Virginia-Main CampusVA · Public | $548,064 |
| 42 | Reed CollegeOR · Private | $546,111 |
| 43 | Middlebury CollegeVT · Private | $536,475 |
| 44 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI · Public | $515,751 |
| 45 | Wesleyan UniversityCT · Private | $506,811 |
| 46 | Vassar CollegeNY · Private | $500,885 |
| 47 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesMA · Private | $485,718 |
| 48 | Whitman CollegeWA · Private | $478,663 |
| 49 | Mount Holyoke CollegeMA · Private | $477,739 |
| 50 | Virginia Military InstituteVA · Public | $468,643 |
Endowment per undergraduate uses undergraduate headcount (not 12-month FTE); this list is limited to institutions with at least 1,000 undergraduates so graduate-heavy schools with tiny undergrad counts don’t distort the ranking. A data ranking, not an Ibex endorsement or quality rating. Ranked solely on the metric named above using U.S. Department of Education data for FY2022-23 endowment / 2024-25 enrollment; federal collections lag the current academic year, and some measures are no longer published at all, so the most recent figure is not always a recent one. Institutions that do not report this metric are excluded. Figures and peer context appear on each institution’s profile.
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Frequently asked
Which of these U.S. universities ranks highest by endowment per undergraduate?
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), at $6.7M. It leads 50 institutions shown here, drawn from 1,748 with reported data.
How is this ranking calculated?
On one disclosed metric only: by endowment per undergraduate, from College Scorecard & IPEDS, FY2022-23 endowment / 2024-25 enrollment. Institutions that do not report the metric are excluded. It is a data ranking, not an Ibex endorsement, quality rating or reputation survey, and no part of it is estimated or AI-generated.
How current is the data?
This list is built from the College Scorecard release of June 10, 2026 and the newest IPEDS collection on disk, using the most recent figure each of them publishes for the metric it ranks: College Scorecard & IPEDS, FY2022-23 endowment / 2024-25 enrollment. Federal collections lag the current academic year by two to three years, so the newest published figure is not always a recent one; the release the leaderboard is dated on is printed under it.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (each measure carries its own collection year; see the methodology), with NSF NCSES (HERD), the Clery Act & EADA collections, Census ACS, BLS Employment Projections, WICHE & the FSA Direct Loan Dashboard. Compiled by Ibex Insights. For informational benchmarking only, not financial, investment, or accreditation advice. See the methodology.