Best-Endowed Colleges Per Student
Four-year colleges ranked by endowment dollars per undergraduate (IPEDS) — a far better measure of institutional wealth than the raw total, which just re-lists the biggest research systems. Per student, the elite privates and richest liberal-arts colleges lead: a bigger cushion per head means more financial aid, smaller classes, and better facilities. Limited to schools with at least 1,000 undergrads so tiny seminaries and conservatories don't distort the top.
College
Per student
1Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$7,003,7112Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$6,132,2353Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$5,850,7384Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$5,418,4605Stanford UniversityStanford, California$4,981,6076Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$2,294,5857University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$2,098,3998University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$2,069,1009Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$1,857,44410Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$1,845,69911Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$1,821,91512Pomona CollegeClaremont, California$1,806,10113Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$1,700,59714Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$1,698,57315Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$1,691,55216Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$1,660,76417Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$1,647,44118Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa$1,544,73619Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri$1,528,06720Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$1,421,71621Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine$1,379,28822Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$1,300,53223University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$1,205,48824Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$1,193,48625University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$1,088,95626Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$1,086,24427Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$1,074,77128Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts$1,007,91029Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California$951,00330Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$929,80731Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania$889,58532Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$775,64833Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina$736,21034Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas$735,89335Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan$720,37436Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$670,75837Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$636,30438University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma$612,70939Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia$610,58940Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$601,81241Reed CollegePortland, Oregon$599,21342University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$571,42743University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$552,85044Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts$541,94945Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$532,32046Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$523,51847Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$516,23948Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia$515,73749Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington$513,37550Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts$507,86051Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado$491,47152Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$491,08053DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana$489,53454Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine$481,99455Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$480,70356University of RochesterRochester, New York$472,12457University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma$458,60058Scripps CollegeClaremont, California$451,96659College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri$451,16160Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$442,49761Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio$440,06462Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio$436,56363Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$413,73464Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$413,58465Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut$396,42466University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$395,87467Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$394,55268Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$387,55169Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio$372,32570Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California$371,24471Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina$364,13972Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio$361,78073Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$358,83874College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts$357,13675Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$349,61576Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California$348,58777Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$347,93678Lawrence UniversityAppleton, Wisconsin$330,39779Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$320,63880Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$317,51781Catawba CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina$312,81982The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee$311,10483Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania$301,15584Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$297,36485University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington$295,77786Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$290,20187Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois$287,65888Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky$287,64689University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$282,66090Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, Texas$280,36691Union CollegeSchenectady, New York$277,35592Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$276,08893University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$276,03794Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky$272,18695Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$271,37596Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan$264,83497Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$259,94698St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$259,86899Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri$258,625100Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina$256,286
Endowment per student — computed from the US Department of Education College Scorecard. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates unless noted.