This has little to do with distance education but interesting regardless: Endowment per student - private schools -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- private schools with largest endowments per student source: Chronicle of Higher Education school, total endowment, number of students, endowment per student Rockefeller University $1,771,954,000 200 $8,859,770 Princeton University $13,044,900,000 6,828 $1,910,501 Yale University $18,030,600,000 11,346 $1,589,159 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering $432,117,000 286 $1,510,899 Harvard University $28,915,706,000 19,218 $1,504,616 Princeton Theological Seminary $945,355,000 652 $1,449,931 Stanford University $14,084,676,000 13,155 $1,070,671 Pomona College $1,457,213,000 1,530 $952,427 Grinnell College $1,471,804,000 1,558 $944,675 Curtis Institute of Music $153,149,000 166 $922,584 Juilliard School $663,886,000 770 $862,190 Bryn Athyn College of the New Church $320,179,000 372 $860,696 Swarthmore College $1,245,281,000 1,474 $844,831 Marine Biological Laboratory (Mass.) $51,617,000 62 $832,532 Amherst College $1,337,158,000 1,629 $820,846 Massachusetts Institute of Technology $8,368,066,000 10,200 $820,399 Rice University $3,986,664,000 5,014 $795,107 Baylor College of Medicine $1,059,393,000 1,359 $779,539 California Institute of Technology $1,580,922,000 2,169 $728,871 Williams College $1,462,131,000 2,018 $724,545 Webb Institute $52,977,000 80 $662,213 Wellesley College $1,412,410,000 2,250 $627,738 Berea College $948,738,000 1,555 $610,121 Columbia Theological Seminary (Ga.) $162,820,000 281 $579,431 Christian Theological Seminary (Ind.) $107,280,000 197 $544,569 Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary $110,764,000 204 $542,961 Dartmouth College $3,092,100,000 5,780 $534,965 Principia Corporation $552,931,000 1,041 $531,154 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art $471,081,000 1,013 $465,036 Wabash College $363,466,000 874 $415,865 All pretty well-known schools except for: Bryn Athyn College of the New Church and Principia Corporation. Bryn Athyn College is Swedenborgianist, the main branch being The New Church with about 5,500 members http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedenborgianism. It's a lot of endowment for a church with only 5,500 members. Principia Corporation is Christain Scientists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Principia Maybe the most famous alumnus is Robert Duvall, who wrote, directed, financed, and starred in The Apostle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apostle , one of the most moving films I've ever seen.