I thought CalTech would have a much higher endowment because they run JPL but apparently not.

Sure! It’s basically an estimate of all the assets that a university has. The key thing to note is that not all of these assets can be used the way these universities want because donors can place restrictions on how their cash is to be spent.

Thanks for the suggestion! The database I used weirdly didn’t have any info on student body size, but once I track down a decently sized one I’ll try to make that chart.

Sources

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment

Tools

R

I made this so I could learn how to use R and it took me waaay longer than I thought it would to make this.

I actually expected there to be a higher correlation between endowment and acceptance rate, but I guess that's just not the case. That being said, the amount of cash these universities have is insane, but what the top 4 has is just beyond nuts...