Vanderbilt University has reported a fiscal year 2024-25 endowment of approximately $10.85 billion, up 9.9 percent from the 2023-24 number of about $10.24 billion.
VU continues to rank among the nation’s top 20 universities for endowment (the part of an institution's income derived from donations), according to multiple online sources.
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