Harvard again leads all schools in alumni contributions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>New CAE report released today:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cae.org/content/pdf/FullFY2004.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cae.org/content/pdf/FullFY2004.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The nation's 10 top fundraising universities in 2004, in the order of dollars received, are:</p>

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<li><pre><code> Harvard University ($540.3 million)
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<li><pre><code> Stanford University ($524.2 million)
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<li><pre><code> Cornell University ($385.9 million)
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<li><pre><code> University of Pennsylvania ($332.8 million)
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<li><pre><code> University of Southern California ($322.1 million)
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<li><pre><code> Johns Hopkins University ($311.6 million)
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<li><pre><code> Columbia University ($290.6 million)
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<li><pre><code> Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($289.8 million)
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<li><pre><code> Yale University ($264.8 million)
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<li><pre><code> University of California, Los Angeles ($262.1 million)
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<p>In fairness to those universities with fewer alumni, here are the top ten schools (according to US News) in average alumni giving rate:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Princeton (61%)</p></li>
<li><p>Notre Dame (48%)</p></li>
<li><p>Harvard (48%)</p></li>
<li><p>Darthmouth (47%)</p></li>
<li><p>Duke (46%)</p></li>
<li><p>Yale (45%)</p></li>
<li><p>Lehigh (40%)</p></li>
<li><p>UPenn (39%)</p></li>
<li><p>Brown (38%)</p></li>
<li><p>WashU STL (37%)</p></li>
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<p>If you want to be "fair" (????) why don't you report the numbers for the teeny-tinies? </p>

<p>Without the need to count grad and professional school alumni (who contribute at a far lower rate), the top LACs can usually report a higher "percentage of graduates contributing" than the universities can.</p>

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<p>I attempted to remain apples to apples with universities only. However if you have the stats on LACs, they would be interesting to look at.<br>
Rate of giving says much of school satisfaction and enthusiasm. Those items may be of particular concern to high school seniors interested in those qualities. Do you agree?</p>

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<p>hmm ... what I'd like to see is the merged version of those two lists ... dollars per alumni.</p>

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<p>Dated, but probably still true to form. </p>

<p>Endowment (in billions of $) and Endowment Per Student (in millions of $) at Leading Private Research Universities that Compete with Cornell for Undergraduate Students on June 30, 2000 and Annual Payout Per Student Assuming a 4% Payout Rule (in dollars). </p>

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<li>Princeton $8.4 $1.309 $52, 360 </li>
<li>Harvard $18.8 $1.051 $42,040 </li>
<li>Yale $10.1 $ .927 $37,080 </li>
<li>Rice $3.4 $ .800 $32,000 </li>
<li>MIT $6.5 $ .666 $26,640 </li>
<li>Stanford $8.6 $ .658 $26,320 </li>
<li>Emory $5.0 $ .486 $19.440 </li>
<li>Dartmouth $2.5 $ .477 $19,080 </li>
<li>Wash. U. $4.2 $ .411 $16,440 </li>
<li>Chicago $3.8 $ .342 $13,680 </li>
<li>Vandblt. $2.3 $ .240 $ 9,600 </li>
<li>Duke $2.6 $ .239 $ 9,560 </li>
<li>Northw. $3.4 $ .224 $ 8,960 </li>
<li>Columbia $4.3 $ .219 $ 8,760 </li>
<li>Brown $1.4 $ .188 $ 7,520 </li>
<li>Cornell $3.4 $ .181 $ 7,240 </li>
<li>Rochester $1.3 $ .176 $ 7,040 </li>
<li>Penn. $3.2 $ .162 $ 6,480 </li>
<li>John Hop. $1.8 $ .159 $ 6,</li>
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<p>Here is the Endowment per FTE as of June 30, 2004:</p>

<p>Ivy League / FY2004
1 Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) $1,492,065
2 Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) $1,225,639
3 Yale University (New Haven, CT) $1,133,431
4 Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) $439,373
5 Columbia University (New York, NY) $243,159
6 Brown University (Providence, RI) $223,163
7 University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) $194,984
8 Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) $163,327</p>

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<p>lol...whats the point of arguing over this</p>

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<p>Most arguments are either over money, or sex. </p>

<p>And we can't talk about sex because College Confidential doesn't allow it.</p>

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<p>really? i didnt know we werent allowed to talk about sex...interesting</p>