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. This page lists all 1,137 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$7,003,7114%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 2Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$6,132,2354%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 3Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$5,850,7385%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 4Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$5,418,4605%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 5Stanford UniversityStanford, California$4,981,6074%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 6Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$2,294,5856%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 7University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$2,098,3995%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 8University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$2,069,10011%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 9Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$1,857,4449%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 10Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$1,845,6996%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 11Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$1,821,9155%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 12Pomona CollegeClaremont, California$1,806,1017%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 13Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$1,700,5978%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 14Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$1,698,57311%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 15Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$1,691,5527%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 16Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$1,660,7648%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 17Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$1,647,4414%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 18Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa$1,544,73615%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 19Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri$1,528,06712%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 20Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$1,421,7166%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 21Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine$1,379,2887%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 22Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$1,300,53214%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 23University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$1,205,4884%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 24Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$1,193,4868%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 25University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$1,088,95622%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 26Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$1,086,24414%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 27Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$1,074,77119%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 28Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts$1,007,91021%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 29Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California$951,00310%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 30Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$929,8075%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 31Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania$889,58529%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 32Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$775,64881%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 33Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina$736,21013%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 34Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas$735,89326%1416$23k$72k84%2,505120 mi 35Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan$720,37421%1415——90%1,57361 mi 36Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$670,75814%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 37Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$636,3049%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 38University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma$612,709———$63k—1,214421 mi 39Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia$610,58964%1220$22k$54k69%2,245268 mi 40Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$601,81220%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 41Reed CollegePortland, Oregon$599,21325%1437$33k$63k71%1,32054 mi 42University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$571,42717%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 43University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$552,85016%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 44Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts$541,94985%1269$40k$126k62%3,4513 mi 45Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$532,32019%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 46Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$523,51811%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 47Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$516,23916%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 48Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia$515,73771%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 49Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington$513,37538%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 50Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts$507,86036%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 51Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado$491,47118%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 52Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$491,08012%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 53DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana$489,53457%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 54Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine$481,9947%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 55Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$480,70313%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 56University of RochesterRochester, New York$472,12440%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 57University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma$458,60062%1389$15k$61k72%2,813443 mi 58Scripps CollegeClaremont, California$451,96638%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 59College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri$451,16112%1118$6k$42k64%1,444459 mi 60Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$442,49712%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 61Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio$440,06434%1447$39k$58k81%2,88711 mi 62Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio$436,56317%1410$40k$68k79%2,38091 mi 63Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$413,73429%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 64Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$413,58431%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 65Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut$396,42429%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 66University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$395,87410%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 67Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$394,55214%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 68Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$387,55116%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 69Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio$372,32537%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 70Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California$371,24463%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 71Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina$364,13922%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 72Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio$361,78031%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 73Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$358,83811%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 74College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts$357,13618%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 75Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$349,61541%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 76Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California$348,58744%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 77Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$347,93643%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 78Lawrence UniversityAppleton, Wisconsin$330,39764%1350$23k$56k77%1,39628 mi 79Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$320,63857%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 80Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$317,51726%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 81Catawba CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina$312,81975%1096$18k$49k47%1,235164 mi 82The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee$311,10457%1344$28k$65k80%1,607324 mi 83Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania$301,15529%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 84Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$297,36463%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 85University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington$295,77772%1296$38k$70k68%1,5941 mi 86Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$290,20114%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 87Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois$287,65887%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 88Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky$287,64654%1352$21k$66k81%1,400279 mi 89University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$282,66058%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 90Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, Texas$280,36643%1241$29k$57k73%1,440145 mi 91Union CollegeSchenectady, New York$277,35544%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 92Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$276,08842%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 93University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$276,03715%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 94Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky$272,18687%1287$22k$55k71%1,005247 mi 95Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$271,37517%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 96Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan$264,83475%1280$19k$66k76%1,14936 mi

US Department of Education IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.