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I looked it up, and UT Dallas's most recent endowment numbers are $500 million. I know the state is really good about funding and the state isn't in an especial
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
I looked it up, and UT Dallas's most recent endowment numbers are $500 million. I know the state is really good about funding and the state isn't in an especially precarious situation, but "Wisconsin, and Illinois and Ohio State, which together enroll nearly 190,000 students, add up to about $11 billion" still puts UTD well below their mark and 76x less than Harvard's 38 billion.
It's been constant growth for at least the last 10 years, so not sure where the funding differential is, what allows a smaller college to thrive, while bigger and more prestigious ones have financial concerns. To be fair, UTD does a fraction of the research of the bigger colleges, so maybe it doesn't come into play.
- ZoeZoeBee 9y agoI'm not certain which small colleges you are describing, but nationwide small colleges are getting hammered and will continue to do so based on demographic trends. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/02/09/small-colleges-fight-to-survive-amid-warnings-of-shaky-finances/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/02/0... https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/small-colleges-losing-market-share-struggle-to-keep-doors-open.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/small-colleges-losing-... http://college.usatoday.com/2017/02/24/for-many-small-colleges-its-a-challenge-just-to-stay-open/ http://college.usatoday.com/2017/02/24/for-many-small-colleg...
- aaron-lebo 9y agoI was describing the college I cited which is thriving (which else?). I can't access the first link (paywall), but the second starts off describing Franklin Pierce University, a small private university, which isn't the topic of the article (public research universities).