Do School Endowments Have Any Impact on Athletics?

[PlayerRep]

I don't know. Was just wondering. Assume not. However, Stanford, Michigan, Texas AM, and Notre Dame are on the top 10 list.

School name (state) End of fiscal year 2015 endowment U.S. News rank and category

Harvard University (MA) $37,615,545,000 2, National Universities

Yale University (CT) $25,542,983,000 3 (tie), National Universities

Princeton University (NJ) $22,291,270,000 1, National Universities

Stanford University (CA) $22,222,957,000 5 (tie), National Universities

Massachusetts Institute of Technology $13,474,743,000 7, National Universities

University of Pennsylvania $10,133,569,000 8 (tie), National Universities

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor $9,809,705,000 27 (tie), National Universities

Texas A&M University--College Station $9,754,202,036 74 (tie), National Universities

Columbia University (NY) $9,639,065,000 5 (tie), National Universities

University of Notre Dame (IN) $8,784,381,000 15 (tie), National Universities

 

[Fahque]

While Montana's is $166.391,500. At least according to this website: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-montana-2536

 

[UMGriz75]

Well, "Capital Campaigns" are important, in part because they add to endowments. The reverse question, do Athletics have any impact on Endowments? Studies show that they do. Schools with successful sport teams gain advantages. Our problem at UM is that the crapfest from Main Hall is currently preventing a "Capital Campaign" that is long overdue, and squandering the opportunity to take advantage of athletic success to raise funds.

 

[AllWeatherFan]

I don't know, either.

 

[DuCharme]

Why isn't Texas on that list? Theirs is $24 billion.

 

[MrTitleist]

Probably vice versa.. athletics increases endowment.

 

[PlayerRep]

Why isn't Texas on that list? Theirs is $24 billion.

That is a very good point.

 

[Silvertip]

Major impact occurs when the star QB is suspended after making inappropriate remarks to the well-endowed co-ed...

Seriously, another well-endowed entity, the Ivy League- which is a huge zero when it comes to revenue sports - kills anything rational that could ever come out of the question.