| – Endowment: $38.3 billion |
| – Founded in 1636 |
| – Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| – Ivy League school |
| – Notable alumni include Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates |
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| 2. Stanford University |
| – Endowment: $27.7 billion |
| – Founded in 1885 |
| – Located in Stanford, California |
| – Known for its STEM programs |
| – Notable alumni include Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page |
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| 3. Yale University |
| – Endowment: $31.2 billion |
| – Founded in 1701 |
| – Located in New Haven, Connecticut |
| – Ivy League school |
| – Notable alumni include George H.W. Bush, Meryl Streep, and Anderson Cooper |
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| 4. Princeton University |
| – Endowment: $26.1 billion |
| – Founded in 1746 |
| – Located in Princeton, New Jersey |
| – Ivy League school |
| – Notable alumni include Michelle Obama, Jeff Bezos, and Brooke Shields |
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| 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| – Endowment: $17.4 billion |
| – Founded in 1861 |
| – Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| – Known for its engineering and technology programs |
| – Notable alumni include Kofi Annan, Buzz Aldrin, and William Hewlett |
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| 6. University of Pennsylvania |
| – Endowment: $14.65 billion |
| – Founded in 1740 |
| – Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| – Ivy League school |
| – Notable alumni include Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett |
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| 7. University of Notre Dame |
| – Endowment: $13.1 billion |
| – Founded in 1842 |
| – Located in Notre Dame, Indiana |
| – Known for its strong Catholic identity |
| – Notable alumni include Joe Biden, Condoleezza Rice, and Regis Philbin |
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| 8. Columbia University |
| – Endowment: $11.3 billion |
| – Founded in 1754 |
| – Located in New York City, New York |
| – Ivy League school |
| – Notable alumni include Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
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| 9. Northwestern University |
| – Endowment: $11.08 billion |
| – Founded in 1851 |
| – Located in Evanston, Illinois |
| – Known for its journalism and business programs |
| – Notable alumni include Stephen Colbert, Meg Whitman, and George Lucas |
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| 10. University of Chicago |
| – Endowment: $8.2 billion |
| – Founded in 1890 |
| – Located in Chicago, Illinois |
| – Known for its economics and social sciences programs |
| – Notable alumni include Milton Friedman, Susan Sontag, and Carl Sagan |
