UW #2 in total fundraising 2004-05

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Wisconsin
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<p>TOP FUND RAISERS, 2004-5</p>

<li>Stanford U. $603,585,914 </li>
<li>U. of Wisconsin at Madison $595,215,891 </li>
<li>Harvard U. $589,861,000 </li>
<li>U. of Pennsylvania $394,249,685 </li>
<li>Cornell U. $353,931,403 </li>
<li>Columbia U. $341,140,986 </li>
<li>U. of Southern California $331,754,481 </li>
<li>Johns Hopkins U. $323,100,408 </li>
<li>Indiana U. $301,060,946 </li>
<li>U. of California at San Francisco $292,932,382 </li>
<li>Yale U. $285,706,955 </li>
<li>U. of California at Los Angeles $281,552,472 </li>
<li>Duke U. $275,815,542 </li>
<li>U. of Minnesota $265,498,507 </li>
<li>U. of Washington $259,118,639 </li>
<li>U. of Michigan $251,353,272 </li>
<li>New York U. $247,126,717 </li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology $206,007,428 </li>
<li>Ohio State U. $204,598,172 </li>
<li>U. of California at Berkeley $198,863,654
SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education</li>
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<p>that's....amazing haha</p>

<p>where does that money go?</p>

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<p>Some to the endowment, new buildings, scholarships, regular programs, research, etc. Even sports gets a cut.</p>

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<p>i would put a <em>star</em> by new buildings. For some reason this place is obsessed with building things. How about pay for some better undergrad professors...
(or maybe they dont have to worry about the latter bc they're a big state school and can rely on residency/sports to fill up their seats, no matter the quality of instruction).</p>

<p>I will admit, though, that some of these people are easy to appreciate.</p>

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<p>Quality facilities attract young faculty who need to build their research portfolios. Research $$$ equals 40% of each grant goes to fund other areas--like faculty and libraries, etc. The UW was recently ranked as one of the top places for young profs to do research. This helps more than paying a few extra bucks.</p>