American University's Rating - How to think about it

<p>AU’s endowment last April 30 was about $300 million, roughly $27,500 per student. That’s not a lot, but the school is still quite young. By comparison Georgetown – founded 1789, with a med school, and still clearly under-endowed – had about $900 million, or $58,000 per student. GWU, founded 1821 and also with a medical school, had an endowment of about $1.1 billion, or $41,000 per student.</p>