Highest endowment per student – doctoral research universities

These 50 doctoral research universities rank highest by endowment per undergraduate, drawn from 420 institutions with reported data in the most recent U.S. Department of Education release (2024-25). 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	Dartmouth CollegeNH · Private	$1.7M
11	Rice UniversityTX · Private	$1.6M
12	Emory UniversityGA · Private	$1.6M
13	Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY · Private	$1.5M
14	Washington University in St LouisMO · Private	$1.5M
15	Vanderbilt UniversityTN · Private	$1.3M
16	Northwestern UniversityIL · Private	$1.1M
17	University of ChicagoIL · Private	$1.1M
18	Brown UniversityRI · Private	$858,211
19	Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA · Private	$709,983
20	Cornell UniversityNY · Private	$597,267
21	University of Virginia-Main CampusVA · Public	$548,064
22	University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI · Public	$515,751
23	University of TulsaOK · Private	$449,342
24	University of RochesterNY · Private	$445,853
25	Georgetown UniversityDC · Private	$435,853
26	Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA · Private	$426,991
27	University of Southern CaliforniaCA · Private	$371,231
28	Boston CollegeMA · Private	$351,735
29	Case Western Reserve UniversityOH · Private	$351,189
30	Wake Forest UniversityNC · Private	$346,481
31	Pepperdine UniversityCA · Private	$343,054
32	Tufts UniversityMA · Private	$340,674
33	Brandeis UniversityMA · Private	$336,157
34	Texas A&M University-College StationTX · Public	$304,093
35	Lehigh UniversityPA · Private	$295,565
36	Southern Methodist UniversityTX · Private	$278,181
37	Tulane University of LouisianaLA · Private	$268,787
38	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA · Public	$267,238
39	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC · Public	$250,617
40	Saint Louis UniversityMO · Private	$238,239
41	Abilene Christian UniversityTX · Private	$235,907
42	Texas Christian UniversityTX · Private	$227,060
43	Santa Clara UniversityCA · Private	$225,622
44	George Washington UniversityDC · Private	$225,581
45	Clark UniversityMA · Private	$203,787
46	New York UniversityNY · Private	$203,241
47	William & MaryVA · Public	$192,883
48	University of the PacificCA · Private	$186,874
49	Yeshiva UniversityNY · Private	$176,886
50	Villanova UniversityPA · Private	$172,228

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 the most recent College Scorecard & IPEDS release, which lags the current academic year by 2–3 years. Institutions that do not report this metric are excluded. Figures and peer context appear on each institution’s profile.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent release, 2024-25), 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.