The Largest University Endowments in America 💰

Key Takeaways

• At $52 billion, Harvard University has the largest endowment nationally, with Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Ken Griffin among its megadonors.
• In second is the University of Texas System, worth $47.5 billion as of fiscal year 2024.
• Yale follows next, at $41.4 billion, seeing among the strongest investment returns over the last decade.

Harvard Leads Nationally

As the largest university endowment worldwide, Harvard boasts a number of wealthy donors including Michael Bloomberg and hedge fund billionaire John Paulson.

After the Trump administration froze billions in grants and funding to Harvard, the university raised $1.1 million across more than 4,000 online donations in the first two days after it stated it would push back against their demands.

A number of elite institutions have the largest endowments nationally, including Stanford (#4), Princeton (#5), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#6).