<p>Fact check on College of Wooster endowment v. Oberlin endowment</p>
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<p>Compare #104 v. #238</p>
<p>Bennington is not on this list but I believe it would be ranked in the high 700s if it was.</p>
<p>Endowment size is just one piece of data and people draw all sorts of conclusions off that single data point. Some view it as an indicator of a mandate from alumni and other backers, which discounts the investment strategy. Also, the amount of risk in an endowment may have led to recent gains that are now leading to substantial losses. Some institutions sit on their endowments, which may be a valid strategy for long-term institutional success but that’s of little consequence to prospective students who do not receive enough financial aid to matriculate. Anyway, it’s dangerous to read too much into one number. And while I’m cautioning against reading too much from a single tea leaf, I am a proponent of using accurate information – particularly if one intends to rely too heavily on that information.</p>