Press Play with Madeleine Brand
UC Endowments
The 10 schools in the UC system have about a $13 billion endowment. That sounds like a lot, but consider the $20 billion that Yale has, or Harvard’s $32 billion. School endowments have soared in the past few years as our economy has improved. But it’s not clear how much students are benefitting from this windfall.
The 10 schools in the UC system have about a $13 billion endowment. That sounds like a lot, but consider the $20 billion that Yale has, or Harvard’s $32 billion. School endowments have soared in the past few years as our economy has improved. But it’s not clear how much students are benefitting from this windfall.