Colleges Raising the Most Money From Individuals Who Are Not Alumni

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1. Stanford University (Stanford, CA): $303,812,680
2. University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA): $146,209,141

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3. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): $142,590,123
4. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): $131,686,066
5. New York University (New York, NY): $125,667,630

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6. Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI): $96,876,090

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7. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): $94,010,000
8. Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, OR): $83,335,449
9. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): $82,778,001
10. University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): $79,908,792
11. Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA): $76,458,719
12. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD): $74,623,445

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13. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX): $63,151,681
14. Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): $61,010,650
15. Columbia University (New York, NY): $56,741,871

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16. Duke University (Durham, NC): $55,572,069

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17. The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL): $51,821,316

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18. College of Charleston (Charleston, SC): $49,399,907
19. University of Nebraska — Lincoln (Lincoln, NE): $49,329,915
20. Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN): $48,823,987

Source: Voluntary Support of Education, Council for Aid to Education, 2014 (Used with permission)

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