Use Bloomberg (see access details).
- Type PELP and hit the green <GO> key to run a Limited Partners Browse.
- From the Entity Type drop-down menu, select University/Endowment.
- You'll get a list of more than 600 universities and their endowments. Click on any university name in the list to get additional data, including 10 years of financial statements and Form-990 reports.
- Other Entity Type options include: Public Company Pension, Hospital, Government Pension, Fund of Funds, and Foundation.
See the National Association of College and University Business Officers: Historic Endowment Study Data and 2019 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments.
Use the Almanac of Higher Education from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
- Search for almanac on the Chronicle's site.
- Select the Tag Data to show entries with tables.
- Explore entries for tables containing endowment statistics.
Use the Digest of Education Statistics to access the relevant table in Chapter 3: Postsecondary Education. Table title varies by edition by is often titled "Endowment funds of the 120 degree-granting postsecondary institutions with the largest endowments, by rank order."