USC's Endowment is at $4.5 Billion

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>ModernMan,
Keep in mind when comparing private university endowments to a public university that public universities receive a portion of their annual operating income from the state. </p>

<p>For example, Berkeley is provided about 14% of its $2.35B budgeted revenue from the State of California - or $329 million.
<a href=“http://cfo.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2013-14%20UC%20Berkeley%20Budget%20Plan%20-%20Final%20(9-5-13).pdf”>http://cfo.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2013-14%20UC%20Berkeley%20Budget%20Plan%20-%20Final%20(9-5-13).pdf&lt;/a&gt;
In order to generate $329 million annually at a 10% return, the endowment would need to be $3.29B on top of the existing $3.3B for a total equivalent endowment of $6.59B, if Berkeley were private.</p>

<p>(Berkeley also does not support a medical school out of that endowment - a very large cost. UCSF has its own endowment and revenue).</p>