How Washington University compares

Washington University compares most favorably with leading independent universities across the nation. The following lists are a sampling of independent universities from the West, South, Midwest, and East. They reflect the most recent published comparative data and are not all-inclusive, nor are they rank-order listings.

Doctoral degrees awarded, 2007—2008

• Harvard, 1,468
• Stanford, 944
• Cornell, 886
• Northwestern, 876
• Duke, 841*
• Emory, 735
• Washington U., 721
• MIT, 599
• Yale, 575
• Johns Hopkins, 547
• Princeton, 307
• Rice, 186

Federal research support, 2007—2008

• Johns Hopkins, $1.28 billion*
• MIT, 598.3 million
• Harvard, 528.7 million
• Duke, 511.8 million
• Stanford, 492.5 million
• Washington U., 440.0 million
• Yale, 408.7 million
• Cornell, 378.0 million
• Northwestern, 328.3 million
• Emory, 287.7 million
• Princeton, 114.5 million
• Rice, 61.3 million

 * 2006-2007

Endowment funds, 2007—2008†

• Harvard, $36.6 billion
• Yale, 22.9 billion
• Stanford, 17.2 billion
• Princeton, 16.3 billion
• MIT, 10.1 billion
• Northwestern, 7.2 billion
• Columbia, 7.1 billion
• U. of Chicago, 6.7 billion
• Duke, 6.1 billion
• Emory, 5.5 billion
• Cornell, 5.4 billion
• Washington U., 5.4 billion
• Rice, 4.6 billion
• Johns Hopkins, 2.5 billion

†The National Association of College and University Business Officers excludes life income funds when it reports these data.

Voluntary gift support, 2006—2007

• Stanford, $832.3 million
• Harvard, 613.9 million
• Johns Hopkins, 430.4 million
• Cornell, 406.9 million
• Yale, 391.3 million
• Duke, 372.3 million
• U. of Chicago, 328.3 million
• MIT, 329.2 million
• Princeton, 230.6 million
• Northwestern, 187.9 million
• Washington U.**, 158.2 million
• Emory, 156.1 million
• Georgetown, 105.4 million

** Washington University’s gifts for 2007-2008 totaled $157.6 million.