Higher education institutions with largest endowments, fiscal 2019
Harvard University continues to have the largest endowment of any U.S. higher education institution.
The 2019 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments says that for fiscal 2019, Harvard's endowment was valued at $39.4 billion—more than $8.4 billion larger than the next largest endowment—nearly $31 billion at the University of Texas System.
The only other institution with an endowment of more than $30 billion is Yale University.
Data from 774 U.S. colleges and universities for the NACUBO-TIAA Study found that endowments returned an average of 5.3% for the fiscal 2019 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019) compared with 8.2 percent growth percent for the 2018 fiscal year.
Here are the 10 higher-education institutions that had the largest endowments in fiscal 2019.
Harvard University $39,427,896,000
The University of Texas System $30,958,239,000
Yale University $30,314,800,000
Stanford University $27,699,834,000
Princeton University $26,116,022,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $17,569,328,000
University of Pennsylvania $14,649,761,000
The Texas A&M University System $13,514,527,000
University of Michigan $12,448,816,00
University of California $11,797,543,000
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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.


