<p>Just a note. The University of Wisconsin did not report yet for 2004 but had $287 million in 2003. That would place it in the Top 10</p>
<p>what is its endowment per student?</p>
<p>About $75,000.</p>
<p>in reality, there isn't really an "endowment per student." the school's endowments are used for many things... building new buildings, hiring professors, paying for staff, recruitment, research stipends, sports programs, the list goes on and on. unless the student lives in a new dorm or uses the new gym facility or enjoys watching a good football team, he/she sometimes may not necessarily feel the effects of a large endowment. also note that a lot of endowment money goes toward graduate and professional programs, because that's where colleges make a name for themselves, thus leading to more donations. true "endowment per student" can only be measured by scholarships, grants, and stipends given to each individual.</p>
<p>were these numbers from the original poster for the overall university including grad school? or just undergrad studies?</p>
<p>Btw, golubb_u , you said Columbia was one of the larger ivies. It's actually the smallest, if you're talking about Columbia college without engineering or SEAS. But no where near as large overall, I believe as Penn and Cornell. The latter being the other one you should have said was large not Columbia.</p>
<p>"Btw, golubb_u , you said Columbia was one of the larger ivies.actually the smallest, if you're talking about Columbia college without engineering or SEAS"</p>
<p>What?? My friend, Columbia is huuugge! It has like 23k-24k students, and is larger than Penn. Why are you excluding SEAS students? Also, why aren't you counting grad students??? Columbia has 5k undergrad, but 20k grad students. When I went to campus, all I ever saw were older students, not freshers.</p>
<p>(p.s. when I say huge, I mean as far as Ivies go. Obviously state schools have 40k+ students, so even columbia isn't that large by comparison)</p>
<p>like I said I was referring to the undergraduate college, namely Columbia College which is the smallest in the Ivy League. It was in regards to my question if these contributions were only for undergrad or the university as a whole, then perhaps some of the "larger colleges' would have more reported contributions if the reported figures are only at the undergrad level.</p>