The Finances of Columbia University and Barnard College , 2013
Total Assets Of Columbia University, 2012
Assets |
$ |
% |
Investments |
$8,000,000,000 |
53% |
Plant |
$3,000,000,000 |
20% |
Real Estate |
$1,000,000,000 |
7% |
Other Assets |
$3,000,000,000 |
20% |
|
|
|
Total Assets |
$15,000,000,000 |
100% |
Total Liabilities — $3,200,000,000
Net Assets = Total Assets ($15,000,000,000) – Total Liabilities ($3,700,000,000)
= Net Assets of $11,700,000,000
Net Assets by Restrictions:
Unrestricted — $5,100,000,000
Temporarily Restricted $4,100,000,000
Permanently Restricted $2,500,000,000
Endowment = Net Assets – Plant àapproximately $8,200,000,000
Columbia University, Revenues, 2013
Revenues |
$ |
% |
Tuition & Fees (Net)* |
$825,000,000 |
22% |
Government Grants — Direct |
$600,000,000 |
|
Government Grants — Indirect |
$200,000,000 |
22% |
Gifts |
$250,000,000 |
7% |
Patient Care |
$900,000,000 |
24% |
Patents |
$200,000,000 |
5% |
Investment Returns |
$300,000,000 |
8% |
Auxiliary Revenues |
$150,000,000 |
4% |
All Other |
$250,000,000 |
7% |
|
|
|
Total Revenues |
$3,700,000,000 |
100% |
* Tuition ($1,135,000,00) – Financial Aid ($315,000,000) = $825,000,000
Barnard College Revenues, 2012
Revenues |
$ |
% |
Tuition & Fees (Gross) * |
$93,000,000 |
62% |
Government Grants — Direct |
|
|
Government Grants — Indirect |
$6,000,000 |
4% |
Gifts |
$10,500,000 |
7% |
Patient Care |
|
|
Patents |
|
|
Endowment Spending |
$9,000,000 |
6% |
Auxiliary Enterprises |
$30,000,000 |
20% |
All Other |
$1,000,000 |
1.5% |
|
|
|
Total Revenues |
$150,000,000 |
100% |
[CU revenuers are about 25 times the revenues of Barnard College]
Selective Colleges and Universities by Endowments per FTE Students, 2011
Institution |
FY 2011 Endowment |
FTE Students |
Endowment/Student |
Princeton |
$17,000,000,000 |
7700 |
$2,215,000 |
Yale |
$19,400,000,000 |
12,000 |
$1,700,000 |
Harvard |
$32,000,000,000 |
20,300 |
$1,560,000 |
Stanford |
$16,500,000,000 |
16,000 |
$1,000,000 |
MIT |
$9,700,000,000 |
10,500 |
$930,000 |
|
|
|
|
Columbia |
$7,800,000,000 |
24,000 |
$325,000 |
|
|
|
|
Pomona |
$1,700,000,000 |
1,550 |
1,100,000 |
Swarthmore |
$1,500,000,000 |
1,500 |
1,000,000 |
Amherst |
$1,650,000,000 |
1,800 |
$915,000 |
Williams |
$1,800,000,000 |
2,200 |
$815,000 |
|
|
|
|
Wellesley |
$1,500,000,000 |
2,300 |
$646,000 |
Smith |
$1,400,000,000 |
3,000 |
$460,000 |
Bryn Mawr |
$671,000,000 |
1,700 |
$400,000 |
|
|
|
|
Barnard |
$220,000,000 |
2,400 |
$90,000 |
|
|
|
|
NYU |
$2,800,000,000 |
24,000 |
$75,000 |
Georgetown |
$1,160,000,000 |
15,000 |
$75,000 |
Last updated; December 17, 2013
ram31@columbia.edu
Professor McCaughey,
Where are these numbers from?
—Conor Skelding
Conor,
From several places, both as provided by the financial folks of Columbia and Barnard, some sites on the Internet, and some estimates 9and roundings0 by the below signed.
Which numbers are you referring to specifically? I’ll try to give you where I got them.
RMc