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, 2006—2007

Harvard 1,476   Yale 713
Stanford 969   MIT 601
Cornell 888   Emory 548
Northwestern 878   Johns Hopkins 519
Duke 841   Princeton 332
Washington U. 727   Rice 143

Federal research support, 2006—2007

Johns Hopkins $1.28 billion*   Yale 427.5 million
Stanford 945.0 million   Cornell 388.8 million
Harvard 511.3 million   Northwestern 299.6 million
Duke 477.4 million   Emory 276.4 million
MIT 464.5 million   Princeton 116.4 million
Washington U. 451.8 million   Rice 62.7 million

* 2005-2006

Endowment funds, 2006—2007†

Harvard $34.6 billion   U. of Chicago 6.2 billion
Yale 22.5 billion   Duke 5.9 billion
Stanford 17.2 billion   Washington U. 5.6 billion
Princeton 15.8 billion   Emory 5.6 billion
MIT 9.98 billion   Cornell 5.4 billion
Columbia 7.2 billion   Rice 4.7 billion
Northwestern 6.5 billion   Johns Hopkins 2.8 billion

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

Voluntary gift support, 2005—2006

Stanford $911.2 million   U. of Chicago 237.1 million
Harvard 594.9 million   MIT 235.6 million
Yale 433.5 million   Princeton 207.0 million
Cornell 406.2 million   Washington U.** 126.4 million
Johns Hopkins 377.3 million   Emory 114.9 million
Duke 332.0 million   Georgetown 98.2 million
Northwestern 253.4 million      

** Washington University’s gifts for 2006-2007 totaled $160.8 million.
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Last updated: February 2008