10 Richest Colleges In America

Throughout the country, colleges and universities functioning like businesses among billions in play. 

The company must do everything in American higher education. From mounting the world's future executives to dragging  in hundreds of millions in training, colleges and universities are a kind of businesses.  In sort to operate at a high level, these organizations should rely on a relaible source of funding.Most of it comes from an Endowment Fund as unit trusts. Awesome cast meant rich institution and the wealthiest the best College of education, in most cases.

Here are the 10 richest universities in the U.S. If any of the results surprise you, let us know in the comments section below!

The Richest College: Harvard University

2011 endowment funds: $31,728,080,000
Change from previous year: 15.1%
Students, Fall 2011: 21,000
Undergraduate tuition: $52,652 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-2012 school year

2nd-Richest: Yale University

2011 endowment funds: $19,374,000,000
Change from previous year: 16.3%
Students, Fall 2011: 11,875
Undergraduate tuition: $52,700 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-2012 academic year

3rd-Richest: University of Texas

2011 endowment funds: $17,148,649,000
Change from previous year: 22%
Students, Fall 2011: 51,112 for the main Austin campus
Undergraduate tuition: $9,816 for residents, $32,594 for non-residents, covering tuition only for the 2011-2012 school year

4th-Richest: Princeton University

2011 Endowment Funds: $17,109,508,000
Change from previous year: 18.9%
Students, Fall 2011: 7,859
Undergraduate Tuition: $54,780 for the estimated cost of attendance in the coming 2012-2013 academic year, including tuition, room and board.

5th-Richest: Stanford University

2011 endowment funds: $16,502,606,000
Change from previous year: 19.1%
Students, Fall 2011: 19,945
Undergraduate tuition: $52,860 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-2012 academic year

6th-Richest: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2011 endowment funds: $9,712,628,000
Change from previous year: 16.8%
Students, Fall 2011: 10,894
Undergraduate tuition: $40,460 for tuition only for the 2011-2012 academic year

7th-Richest: University of Michigan

2011 endowment funds: $7,834,752,000
Change from previous year: 19.4%
Students, Fall 2011: 42,716 for the main Ann Arbor campus
Undergraduate tuition: $25,204 for tuition, room and board for on-campus residents for the 2011-2012 school year.

8th-Richest: Columbia University

2011 endowment funds: $7,789,578,000
Change from previous year: 19.5%
Students, Fall 2011: 28,221
Undergraduate tuition: $59,208 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-2012 academic year for New York residents.

9th-Richest: Northwestern University

2011 endowment funds: $7,182,745,000
Change from previous year: 20.8%
Students, Fall 2011: 20,284
Undergraduate tuition: $40,223 for tuition, room and board

10th-Richest: Texas A&M

2011 endowment funds: $6,999,517,000
Change from previous year: 22%
Students, Fall 2011: 49,861
Undergraduate tuition: $19,035 (estimated cost of attendance for Texas residents for one year at the main campus)