Special Report

America's Richest Universities

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21. University of Southern California
> 2018 endowment: $5.5 billion
> Increase from 2017: 8.1%
> Main campus location: Los Angeles, California
> 2017 undergraduate enrollment: 19,170

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20. Rice University
> 2018 endowment: $6.3 billion
> Increase from 2017: 8.0%
> Main campus location: Houston, Texas
> 2017 undergraduate enrollment: 4,001

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19. The University of Virginia
> 2018 endowment: $7.0 billion
> Increase from 2017: 8.8%
> Main campus location: Charlottesville, Virginia
> 2017 undergraduate enrollment: 16,655 (Charlottesville campus)

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18. Cornell University
> 2018 endowment: $7.2 billion
> Increase from 2017: 7.0%
> Main campus location: Ithaca, New York
> 2017 undergraduate enrollment: 14,907

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17. Emory University
> 2018 endowment: $7.3 billion
> Increase from 2017: 5.6%
> Main campus location: Emory, Georgia
> 2017 undergraduate enrollment: 6,937

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