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IU ranks in top tier in private support and endowment
May 24, 2001
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- According to a national study, Indiana University ranks in the top 2 percent of all colleges and universities in the nation in the amount of philanthropic support it receives from the private sector. IU also ranks in the top 15 among public universities in the market value of its endowment.
The results are from a study sponsored by the Council for Aid to Education and were first reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The category "Total Voluntary Support" includes gifts made to IU as well as non-governmental research grants. In the reporting year, 1999-2000, IU topped the $200 million mark for the first time. Among all universities, IU ranked 19th; among public universities, seventh; and among Big Ten universities, fourth. IU has been in the top 20 in the nation in 10 of the last 11 years.
In the category "Market Value of Endowment," IU ranked 14th among all public universities with a total of $907.5 million for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, a 13 percent increase over the previous year. IU has been in the top 15 among all public universities in the nation since 1990. IU ranks eighth among Big Ten universities.
Total Voluntary Support
Top 20 in Total Giving
As of June 30, 2000
1. Stanford University $580,473,838
2. Harvard University $485,238,498
3. Duke University $407,952,525
4. Yale University $358,102,600
5. Cornell University $308,676,394
6. Johns Hopkins University $304,043,508
7. Columbia University $292,267,910
8. University of Pennsylvania $288,152,160
9. University of Wisconsin at Madison $280,182,467
10. University of California at Los Angeles $253,764,625
11. University of Southern California $253,287,793
12. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $238,426,032
13. New York University $236,620,006
14. University of Michigan $230,605,282
15. University of Washington $225,575,162
16. University of California at San Francisco $218,320,049
17. Northwestern University $203,069,016
18. University of Texas at Austin $201,637,095
19. INDIANA UNIVERSITY $201,594,872
20. University of Virginia $195,284,182
Compiled by the Council for Aid to Education
Published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 4, 2001
1. University of Texas System $10,013,175
2. University of California $5,639,777
3. Texas A&M University System and Foundations $4,205,849
4. University of Michigan $3,468,372
5. University of Virginia $1,738,984
6. University of Minnesota and Foundation $1,550,107
7. Purdue University $1,301,976
8. Ohio State University and Foundation $1,294,923
9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $1,105,254
and Foundations
10. Pennsylvania State University $976,298
11. University of Washington $949,796
12. University of Illinois and Foundation $915,436
13. University of Delaware $911,521
14. INDIANA UNIVERSITY/FOUNDATION $907,463
15. University of Nebraska and Foundation $901,864
Source: The report was sponsored by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and prepared by The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund, a higher education pension fund. The ranking appeared in the April 13 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
(Barbara Coffman, IU Foundation, 812-855-1422, coffman@indiana.edu or Susan Dillman, 812-855-0850, sdillman@indiana.edu)