Financial Comparison of Selected Colleges

 FY2011-FY2016FY2016 Financial Ratios
US News RankSchoolUndergraduate PopulationForbes Financial GradeAvg Net Income ($M)Avg Net Change in Endowment ($M)Avg % Change in EndowmentAsset / Liability RatioNet Asset Value ($M)Endowment / Liability RatioAvg Net Income / Liability Ratio
11Dartmouth4,300A+1441,06131.1%3.250132.06.4%
11Johns Hopkins6,100A+26470927.3%2.556000.97.3%
14Brown6,900A+8738815.2%4.237962.57.4%
14Rice3,900A+18786719.3%6.462074.716.3%
14Vanderbilt6,800A+12642112.5%6.753974.013.3%
18Washington Univ. of SL7,500A+2261,17922.0%4.787452.89.7%
20Georgetown7,450A-12032227.7%2.014851.08.0%
21Emory6,900A+28892619.1%3.081971.47.1%
25Carnegie Mellon6,700A+14928828.3%2.523360.89.5%
27Wake Forest5,000A57487.9%3.311191.311.5%
29Tufts5,500A2014810.2%3.121421.62.0%
34Univ. of Rochester6,400A7228118.5%2.428950.93.5%
37Case Western5,150A35503.8%3.420781.54.0%
40Tulane6,400B2715815.7%2.514201.32.9%
42RPI6,300C-19-53-7.5%1.33640.6-1.8%
46Lehigh5,100A31777.5%5.316332.98.3%
46Villanova7,000B+6617847.5%3.49921.315.9%
61Southern Methodist6,500A8219416.3%3.319981.69.4%
61WPI4,400B99325.8%2.75981.32.4%
69American7,900B6110422.9%2.610550.89.1%
87Univ. of Denver5,750B6227577.7%6.512952.726.5%
90Univ. of San Diego5,700B4912438.0%4.39241.617.3%
94St Louis Univ.7,400B4017119.4%3.715201.87.0%
R1Providence College4,300B-233521.3%4.14981.314.5%
R1Creighton Univ.4,200B5614849.3%3.67881.518.3%
R1Elon Univ.6,000B247457.8%3.64991.012.1%
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.