5 Most Profitable Universities in the World

3. Stanford University

Endowment: $37.80 billion

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. Renowned for the significant amount of research conducted at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford’s areas of interest span chemistry, materials and energy sciences, bioscience, fusion energy science, high-energy physics and cosmology, among other scientific principals. The university is often ranked as the best university in the world according to certain ranking sites. For example, QS World University ranks Stanford in first place in the list of the best business schools in 2022.