Here’s A List Of The 20 Private Colleges With The Highest Endowments

Alex Keating9 years ago

If you want to make it big in this world, there is something to be said for immersing yourself in an atmosphere that bleeds wealth and prosperity; universities whose total endowment makes the net worths of Macy’s and Prudential look like chump change. That is not to say that all hope is lost for anyone attending an institution not on this list, but if you think a degree in communication design management from DeVry (Editor’s Note: Fuck you, Keating) is going to get you anywhere in life, it’s time to do some serious reevaluating. Maybe you should just consider transferring to one of these schools.

From Business Insider:

20. Johns Hopkins University
Endowment: $3.39 billion
Total Cost: $63,529

19. New York University
Endowment: $3.44 billion
Total Cost: $66,022

18. Vanderbilt University
Endowment: $4.05 billion
Total Cost: $62,320

17. Dartmouth College
Endowment: $4.47 billion
Total Cost: $65,133

16. University of Southern California
Endowment: $4.59 billion
Total Cost: $62,694

15. Cornell University
Endowment: $4.65 billion
Total Cost: $63,606

14. Rice University
Endowment: $5.55 billion
Total Cost: $56,316

13. University of Chicago
Endowment: $6.54 billion
Total Cost: $62,572

12. Washington University in St. Louis
Endowment: $6.72 billion
Total Cost: $66,376

11. Emory University
Endowment: $6.98 billion
Total Cost: $61,344

10. Duke University
Endowment: $7.04 billion
Total Cost: $63,999

9. Northwestern University
Endowment: $7.5 billion
Total Cost: $65,519

8. University of Notre Dame
Endowment: $8.19 billion
Total Cost: $62,461

7. Columbia University
Endowment: $9.22 billion
Total Cost: $66,604

6. University of Pennsylvania
Endowment: $9.58 billion
Total Cost: $64,200

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Endowment: $12.43 billion
Total Cost: $61,030

4. Princeton University
Endowment: $20.58 billion
Total Cost $58,965

3. Stanford University
Endowment: $21.47 billion
Total Cost: $62,801

2. Yale University
Endowment: $23.68 billion
Total Cost: $63,970

1. Harvard University
Endowment: $36.43 billion
Total Cost: $62,250

Jesus Christ, Harvard..

[via Business Insider]

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