Highest endowment per student – private nonprofit universities

These 50 private nonprofit universities rank highest by endowment per undergraduate, drawn from 638 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	$6.7M
2	Yale UniversityCT	$6M
3	Princeton UniversityNJ	$5.8M
4	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA	$5.2M
5	Stanford UniversityCA	$4.8M
6	University of PennsylvaniaPA	$2M
7	University of Notre DameIN	$1.9M
8	Johns Hopkins UniversityMD	$1.9M
9	Duke UniversityNC	$1.8M
10	Amherst CollegeMA	$1.7M
11	Dartmouth CollegeNH	$1.7M
12	Swarthmore CollegePA	$1.7M
13	Pomona CollegeCA	$1.7M
14	Rice UniversityTX	$1.6M
15	Williams CollegeMA	$1.6M
16	Emory UniversityGA	$1.6M
17	Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY	$1.5M
18	Washington University in St LouisMO	$1.5M
19	Grinnell CollegeIA	$1.4M
20	Vanderbilt UniversityTN	$1.3M
21	Bowdoin CollegeME	$1.3M
22	Wellesley CollegeMA	$1.3M
23	Northwestern UniversityIL	$1.1M
24	University of ChicagoIL	$1.1M
25	University of RichmondVA	$1.1M
26	Washington and Lee UniversityVA	$1M
27	Berea CollegeKY	$982,928
28	Smith CollegeMA	$971,075
29	Claremont McKenna CollegeCA	$869,213
30	Brown UniversityRI	$858,211
31	Bryn Mawr CollegePA	$840,167
32	Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA	$709,983
33	Davidson CollegeNC	$708,204
34	Trinity UniversityTX	$664,167
35	Hillsdale CollegeMI	$637,319
36	Hamilton CollegeNY	$631,726
37	Cornell UniversityNY	$597,267
38	Carleton CollegeMN	$564,013
39	Berry CollegeGA	$561,828
40	Reed CollegeOR	$546,111
41	Middlebury CollegeVT	$536,475
42	Wesleyan UniversityCT	$506,811
43	Vassar CollegeNY	$500,885
44	MCPHS UniversityMA	$485,718
45	Whitman CollegeWA	$478,663
46	Mount Holyoke CollegeMA	$477,739
47	Colby CollegeME	$463,699
48	Haverford CollegePA	$449,788
49	University of TulsaOK	$449,342
50	University of RochesterNY	$445,853

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.