<p>Or we can just look at the real top fundraisers</p>
<p>TOP FUND-RAISING INSTITUTIONS, 2007-8</p>
<p>Percentage change in amount raised from 2006-7 to 2007-8 Percentage change in amount raised from 2002-3 to 2007-8
- Stanford U. $785,042,846 -5.7% +61.5%
- Harvard U. $650,625,000 +6.0% +17.1%
- Columbia U. $495,106,753 +16.8% +75.9%
- Yale U. $486,610,483 +24.4% +119.1%
- U. of Pennsylvania $475,957,652 +21.3% +19.1%
- U. of California at Los Angeles $456,654,332 +25.2% +42.9%
- Johns Hopkins U. $448,964,324 +4.3% +40.5%
- U. of Wisconsin at Madison $410,227,266 +26.1% +43.0%
- Cornell U. $409,422,892 +0.6% +29.1%
- U. of Southern California $409,183,101 -12.9% +33.7%
- Indiana U. system $408,620,812 +46.7% +63.5%
- New York U. $387,608,993 +34.8% +86.4%
- Duke U. $385,672,922 +3.6% +29.9%
- U. of California at San Francisco $366,068,018 +45.3% +62.3%
- U. of Michigan system $333,445,185 +13.6% +81.3%
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology $311,902,992 -5.2% +62.9%
- U. of Minnesota system $307,609,387 +6.5% +25.6%
- U. of Washington $302,770,825 +0.9% -2.7%
- U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $292,389,028 +18.4% +78.7%
- U. of California at Berkeley $285,346,548 +17.6% +49.6%
SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education</p>