8 Ivy League Colleges' Endowment Returns, Ranked: 2024

The eight Ivy League university endowments recorded an average 8.3% return on their investments in fiscal 2024, ended in June, according to Markov Processes International, a provider of technology, research and analytics. This was a significant improvement over last year's average 2.3% return and -2.4% return in 2022. Seven institutions saw big year-over-year increases in their endowment returns. MPI included two other institutions on its Elite Endowment Tracker. Stanford University, with $37.6 billion in assets under management in its endowment, returned 8.4% in fiscal 2024, up from 4.4% the year before. Massachusetts Institute of Technology's $24.6 billion endowment returned 8.9% this fiscal year, up from -2.9% in 2023. See the accompanying gallery for the fiscal year 2024 endowment investment performances.