<p>I have to admit I hadn't heard of Pomona or any of the Claremont colleges before I started helping my son with his college search. And I think it ended up being the most highly selective LAC this year.</p>
<p>JHS i love your thinking "Colleges I Ought To Be OK With If I Were A Better Person.'!!i try to educate myself about colleges and read cc avidly and i know 'names' shuldn't affect me but...!!!</p>
<p>Q. What list has HYP, Grinnell and Pomona as the top 5 in the top tier?
A. Endowment per student.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_colleges_and_universities_by_endowment%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_colleges_and_universities_by_endowment</a></p>
<p>Endowment per Student (2005)
1. Princeton University $1,679,380
2. Yale University $1,342,099
3. Harvard University $1,291,051
4. Grinnell College $893,666
5. Pomona College $837,825
6. Bryn Athyn College $803,626
7. Swarthmore College $789,735
8. Rice University $726,147
9. Stanford University $714,620
10. Amherst College $698,469
11. Williams College $666,193
12. California Institute of Technology $653,726
13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $650,430
14. Wellesley College $557,243
15. Dartmouth College $475,859
16. Northwestern University $440,068
17. Baylor College of Medicine $426,326
18. Smith College $361,572
19. Emory University $360,662
20. Claremont McKenna College $352,219</p>