Financial Comparison of Selected Colleges
Gifts and Bequests
| FY2011-FY2016 | FY2016 Financial Ratios | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US News Rank | School | Undergraduate Population | Forbes Financial Grade | Avg Net Income ($M) | Avg Net Change in Endowment ($M) | Avg % Change in Endowment | Asset / Liability Ratio | Net Asset Value ($M) | Endowment / Liability Ratio | Avg Net Income / Liability Ratio |
| 11 | Dartmouth | 4,300 | A+ | 144 | 1,061 | 31.1% | 3.2 | 5013 | 2.0 | 6.4% |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 6,100 | A+ | 264 | 709 | 27.3% | 2.5 | 5600 | 0.9 | 7.3% |
| 14 | Brown | 6,900 | A+ | 87 | 388 | 15.2% | 4.2 | 3796 | 2.5 | 7.4% |
| 14 | Rice | 3,900 | A+ | 187 | 867 | 19.3% | 6.4 | 6207 | 4.7 | 16.3% |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 6,800 | A+ | 126 | 421 | 12.5% | 6.7 | 5397 | 4.0 | 13.3% |
| 18 | Washington Univ. of SL | 7,500 | A+ | 226 | 1,179 | 22.0% | 4.7 | 8745 | 2.8 | 9.7% |
| 20 | Georgetown | 7,450 | A- | 120 | 322 | 27.7% | 2.0 | 1485 | 1.0 | 8.0% |
| 21 | Emory | 6,900 | A+ | 288 | 926 | 19.1% | 3.0 | 8197 | 1.4 | 7.1% |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon | 6,700 | A+ | 149 | 288 | 28.3% | 2.5 | 2336 | 0.8 | 9.5% |
| 27 | Wake Forest | 5,000 | A | 57 | 48 | 7.9% | 3.3 | 1119 | 1.3 | 11.5% |
| 29 | Tufts | 5,500 | A | 20 | 148 | 10.2% | 3.1 | 2142 | 1.6 | 2.0% |
| 34 | Univ. of Rochester | 6,400 | A | 72 | 281 | 18.5% | 2.4 | 2895 | 0.9 | 3.5% |
| 37 | Case Western | 5,150 | A | 35 | 50 | 3.8% | 3.4 | 2078 | 1.5 | 4.0% |
| 40 | Tulane | 6,400 | B | 27 | 158 | 15.7% | 2.5 | 1420 | 1.3 | 2.9% |
| 42 | RPI | 6,300 | C | -19 | -53 | -7.5% | 1.3 | 364 | 0.6 | -1.8% |
| 46 | Lehigh | 5,100 | A | 31 | 77 | 7.5% | 5.3 | 1633 | 2.9 | 8.3% |
| 46 | Villanova | 7,000 | B+ | 66 | 178 | 47.5% | 3.4 | 992 | 1.3 | 15.9% |
| 61 | Southern Methodist | 6,500 | A | 82 | 194 | 16.3% | 3.3 | 1998 | 1.6 | 9.4% |
| 61 | WPI | 4,400 | B | 9 | 93 | 25.8% | 2.7 | 598 | 1.3 | 2.4% |
| 69 | American | 7,900 | B | 61 | 104 | 22.9% | 2.6 | 1055 | 0.8 | 9.1% |
| 87 | Univ. of Denver | 5,750 | B | 62 | 275 | 77.7% | 6.5 | 1295 | 2.7 | 26.5% |
| 90 | Univ. of San Diego | 5,700 | B | 49 | 124 | 38.0% | 4.3 | 924 | 1.6 | 17.3% |
| 94 | St Louis Univ. | 7,400 | B | 40 | 171 | 19.4% | 3.7 | 1520 | 1.8 | 7.0% |
| R1 | Providence College | 4,300 | B- | 23 | 35 | 21.3% | 4.1 | 498 | 1.3 | 14.5% |
| R1 | Creighton Univ. | 4,200 | B | 56 | 148 | 49.3% | 3.6 | 788 | 1.5 | 18.3% |
| R1 | Elon Univ. | 6,000 | B | 24 | 74 | 57.8% | 3.6 | 499 | 1.0 | 12.1% |
Table includes every private college with undergraduate student enrollment of 3,800-8,000 students and a current US News & World Report National University ranking of 11-100 (plus three top “regional” colleges). The US News & World Report top ten National Universities were excluded to avoid skewing the data. Financial data was sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Financial grades are from Forbes evaluation of each school's financial ratios.
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