美国有不少富可敌国的大学,看看这组2008年US News排名前25名的大学Endowment捐赠款额及学费数据。
| 建校年份 | 本科生人数 | 获捐赠款额+投资 | 学杂费 | 住宿费 | 学校排名 |
Harvard | 1636 | 6715 | $29,219,430,000 | $34,998 | $10,622 | 2 |
Yale | 1701 | 5333 | $17,949,088,000 | $34,530 | $10,470 | 3 |
Stanford | 1885 | 6422 | $14,084,676,000 | $34,800 | $10,808 | 4 |
Princeton | 1746 | 4923 | $13,458,440,000 | $33,000 | $10,980 | 1 |
MIT | 1861 | 4127 | $8,368,066,000 | $34,986 | $10,400 | 7 |
Columbia | 1754 | 7318 | $5,937,814,000 | $36,997 | $9,098 | 9 |
U Michigan | 1817 | 25555 | $5,566,433,000 | $10341($30154) | $8,230 | 25 |
Upenn | 1740 | 9730 | $5,300,000,000 | $35,916 | $10,208 | 5 |
Emory | 1836 | 6646 | $5,024,778,646 | $34,336 | $10,220 | 17 |
Washington U | 1853 | 7386 | $4,746,021,000 | $35,524 | $11,252 | 12 |
U. Chicago | 1892 | 4807 | $4,662,286,438 | $35,868 | $11,139 | 9 |
Notre Dame | 1842 | 8252 | $4,487,838,000 | $35,187 | $9,290 | 19 |
Cornell | 1865 | 13562 | $4,385,161,000 | $34,781 | $11,190 | 12 |
Rice | 1912 | 3049 | $3,977,226,231 | $26,106 | $10,250 | 17 |
Duke | 1838 | 6330 | $3,915,925,000 | $35,756 | $9,540 | 8 |
Dartmouth | 1769 | 4085 | $3,355,775,234 | $35,178 | $10,305 | 11 |
UC Berkeley | 1868 | 23863 | $3,344,720,000 | $8384($27452) | $13,848 | 21 |
Vanderbilt | 1873 | 6378 | $2,915,620,000 | $35,278 | $11,446 | 19 |
UCLA | 1919 | 25432 | $2,906,498,000 | $7034($26102) | $12,420 | 25 |
UVA | 1819 | 14676 | $2,466,810,166 | $8500($27750) | $7,435 | 23 |
Northwestern | 1851 | 8153 | $2,388,257,000 | $35,229 | $10,776 | 14 |
Johns Hopkins | 1876 | 5772 | $2,218,144,000 | $35,900 | $11,092 | 14 |
Brown | 1764 | 6010 | $2,166,133,000 | $36,342 | $9,606 | 14 |
Cal Tech | 1891 | 864 | $1,624,377,000 | $31,020 | $9,540 | 5 |
Carnergie Mellon | 1900 | 5669 | $936,797,424 | $35,984 | $9,350 | 22 |
Georgetown | 1789 | 6853 | $898,217,000 | $36,140 | $11,478 | 23 |