<p>None of these metrics are useful–the “financial resources” of US News, the aggregate growth of endowments (which favors those who didn’t have large endowments in the first place), etc. The endowment per capita data is even more useless when it comes to the above figures; for example, Bryn Athyn college has a high per capita, but the spending power of $300m is far, far less than that of a multi-billion dollar endowment, since the former must build it up more in order to provide more expensive services and amenities (e.g. building a dorm). In the end, these metrics tell you about as much as the amounts of endowments themselves, on their own.</p>