University Endowments 2025. Only three institutions in the top 20 broke the 2023 average gain of 7.7%: The five institutions with the largest endowments at the end of fiscal year 2021 were harvard university ($53 billion), yale university ($42 billion), the university of texas system office.
The average endowment at the top 15 national universities with the biggest endowments is nearly $21.8 billion. College endowment funds date back to 1636 with harvard university in massachusetts, but they didn’t see rapid growth until the late 19th century when the industrial revolution increased.