USC's Endowment is at $4.5 Billion

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>Per this 1994 article, USC’s endowment grew the most among 105 universities between 1962 and 1987 (25 years):</p>

<p><a href=“USC FIRST AMONG 105 UNIVERSITIES IN ENDOWMENT GROWTH - USC News”>http://news.usc.edu/7470/USC-FIRST-AMONG-105-UNIVERSITIES-IN-ENDOWMENT-GROWTH/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Compared to our little and more prestigious sister in Palo Alto, here’s a better perspective:</p>

<p>USC rate of return (1962 to present):</p>

<p>$17.9 mil to $4.5 bil = 25,040% increase</p>

<p>Stanford rate of return (1962 to present):</p>

<p>$160.3 mil to $18.7 bil = 11,559% increase</p>