First place on our list of universities with the largest endowments in the world goes to Harvard University for having 36 billion dollars of endowments. To give you an idea of the size of her fortune, the difference between her and second place is 6.6 billion dollars, a value that exceeds Dartmouth College, an Ivy League member university, as well as Harvard. Therefore, it is clear that it is an elite private university, being one of the most prestigious universities in the world – if not the most. For this reason, the selection process for admitting students is extremely competitive and rigorous, being the most difficult among all universities, since Harvard acceptance rate is only 5%. However, the effort to attend university is usually worth it, as 97% of students leaving Harvard earn a salary of at least US$ 69,700.

We have reached the end of our list and, as you can see, unfortunately there is no Brazilian university among the 30 universities with the largest endowments in the world. As we said in the introduction, the endowments They are very rare here in Brazil. But then, will there be any changes in our future in relation to this?! Place your bets!