Highest endowment per student — private nonprofit universities

These 50 private nonprofit universities rank highest by endowment per undergraduate, drawn from 625 institutions with reported data in the most recent U.S. Department of Education release (2024-25). Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) leads at $7M.

#	Institution	Endowment per undergrad
1	Harvard UniversityMA	$7M
2	Yale UniversityCT	$6.1M
3	Princeton UniversityNJ	$5.9M
4	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA	$5.4M
5	Stanford UniversityCA	$5M
6	Johns Hopkins UniversityMD	$2.3M
7	University of PennsylvaniaPA	$2.1M
8	University of Notre DameIN	$2.1M
9	Amherst CollegeMA	$1.9M
10	Duke UniversityNC	$1.8M
11	Dartmouth CollegeNH	$1.8M
12	Pomona CollegeCA	$1.8M
13	Williams CollegeMA	$1.7M
14	Emory UniversityGA	$1.7M
15	Swarthmore CollegePA	$1.7M
16	Rice UniversityTX	$1.7M
17	Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY	$1.6M
18	Grinnell CollegeIA	$1.5M
19	Washington University in St LouisMO	$1.5M
20	Vanderbilt UniversityTN	$1.4M
21	Bowdoin CollegeME	$1.4M
22	Wellesley CollegeMA	$1.3M
23	University of ChicagoIL	$1.2M
24	Northwestern UniversityIL	$1.2M
25	University of RichmondVA	$1.1M
26	Washington and Lee UniversityVA	$1.1M
27	Berea CollegeKY	$1.1M
28	Smith CollegeMA	$1M
29	Claremont McKenna CollegeCA	$951,003
30	Brown UniversityRI	$929,807
31	Bryn Mawr CollegePA	$889,585
32	Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA	$775,648
33	Davidson CollegeNC	$736,210
34	Trinity UniversityTX	$735,893
35	Hillsdale CollegeMI	$720,374
36	Hamilton CollegeNY	$670,758
37	Cornell UniversityNY	$636,304
38	Berry CollegeGA	$610,589
39	Carleton CollegeMN	$601,812
40	Reed CollegeOR	$599,213
41	MCPHS UniversityMA	$541,949
42	Vassar CollegeNY	$532,320
43	Middlebury CollegeVT	$523,518
44	Wesleyan UniversityCT	$516,239
45	Whitman CollegeWA	$513,375
46	Mount Holyoke CollegeMA	$507,860
47	Colorado CollegeCO	$491,471
48	Haverford CollegePA	$491,080
49	DePauw UniversityIN	$489,534
50	Colby CollegeME	$481,994

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 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.