加载中…精确一点说： endowments指的是留本基金，和资产并不完全是一码事。但是私立大学的运作和升级正依赖于校友、企业等等捐赠的留本基金。
北美最富的前5名大学留本基金都超百亿。哈佛和耶鲁仍是最富的大学，并且由于投资成功、捐款不断，其资产还在快速增长。富者益富。对于这些学校来说，学费只占年收入的很小一部分，所以即使全部放弃学费也不影响运作。对于拥有留本基金较少的学校来说，学费则构成年预算收入部分的重头。
不过这些捐赠的基金（endowments）常附有不少条件，捐主常指明用途，受赠的学校并不能随便支配。普林斯顿去年就有个捐主后裔和学校打官司的例子。
Top 20 Endowments
|
Rank |
Institution |
2007 Endowment |
1-Year % Change |
|
1. |
哈佛Harvard U. |
$34,634,906,000 |
+19.8% |
|
2. |
耶鲁Yale U. |
$22,530,200,000 |
+25.0% |
|
3. |
斯坦福Stanford U. |
$17,164,836,000 |
+21.9% |
|
4. |
普林斯顿Princeton U. |
$15,787,200,000 |
+21.0% |
|
5. |
德克萨斯U. of Texas System |
$15,613,672,000 |
+18.0% |
|
6. |
麻省理工Massachusetts Inst. of Technology |
$9,980,410,000 |
+19.3% |
|
7. |
哥伦比亚Columbia U. |
$7,149,803,000 |
+20.4% |
|
8. |
密歇根U. of Michigan |
$7,089,830,000 |
+25.4% |
|
9. |
宾州U. of Pennsylvania |
$6,635,187,000 |
+24.9% |
|
10. |
德克萨斯A&MTexas A&M U. System |
$6,590,300,000 |
+16.8% |
|
11. |
西北Northwestern U. |
$6,503,292,000 |
+26.5% |
|
12. |
加州U. of California |
$6,439,436,000 |
+16.2% |
|
13. |
芝加哥U. of Chicago |
$6,204,189,000 |
+27.5% |
|
14. |
圣母U. of Notre Dame |
$5,976,973,000 |
+34.7% |
|
15. |
杜克Duke U. |
$5,910,280,000 |
+31.4% |
|
16. |
华盛顿圣路易斯Washington U. in St. Louis |
$5,567,843,000 |
+18.9% |
|
17. |
艾默利Emory U. |
$5,561,743,000 |
+14.2% |
|
18. |
康奈尔Cornell U. |
$5,424,733,000 |
+25.5% |
|
19. |
莱斯Rice U. |
$4,669,544,000 |
+17.1% |
|
20. |
佛吉尼亚U. of Virginia |
$4,370,209,000 |
+20.8% |
（四年制）文理学院资产排名：
小型的文理学院数以百计，有很多都历史悠久、声名显著。这样的学校很少致力于扩张规模，而着力提倡小班教育和素质训练。
Top 10 Liberal Arts College Endowments
|
Rank |
College |
2007 Endowment |
1-Year % Change |
|
33. |
Williams College |
$1,892,055,000 |
+29.4% |
|
38. |
Pomona College |
$1,760,902,000 |
+20.8% |
|
40. |
Grinnell College |
$1,718,313,000 |
+16.7% |
|
42. |
Amherst College |
$1,662,377,000 |
+24.3% |
|
43. |
Wellesley College |
$1,656,565,000 |
+17.3% |
|
50. |
Swarthmore College |
$1,441,232,000 |
+15.7%% |
|
53. |
Smith College |
$1,360,966,000 |
+17.7%% |
|
68. |
Berea College |
$1,102,272,000 |
+16.2% |
|
84. |
Middlebury College |
$936,354,000 |
+20.7% |
|
87. |
Vassar College |
$869,122,000 |
+17.2% |
加拿大大学资产排名：
Top 5 Canadian University Endowments
|
Rank |
College |
2007 Endowment (U.S. $) |
1-Year % Change |
|
37. |
多伦多U. of Toronto |
$1,763,764,000 |
+24.7% |
|
75. |
不列颠哥伦比亚U. of British Columbia |
$1,013,532,000 |
+31.2% |
|
88. |
McGill U. |
$863,405,000 |
+18.3% |
|
99. |
U. of Alberta |
$722,539,000 |
+29.6% |
|
122. |
Queen’s U. |
$614,739,000 |
+22.5% |
资料来源：
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/01/24/endow
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