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Richest US College - Alpha - 08-25-2022
Harvard drops to #2
Harvard May Lose ’Richest US College’ Title to Oil-Rich University of Texas (bloomberg.com)
RE: Richest US College - ashkir - 08-25-2022
Honestly, smart to hold onto the oil. While we do know oil isn't the best way to do things, but, our economy isn't yet ready to shed oil. We'll still need it for plastic, etc. Oil still has an incredibly long several decade to another century or more on this earth.
RE: Richest US College - sialiblo - 08-26-2022
Outside US, KAUST (King Abdullah Univ. Science and Tech) is among the wealthiest university in oil-rich country Saudi Arabia with $20B endowment, with that much endowment every student in KAUST enjoy free tuition, generous living allowance, on campus housing etc.
RE: Richest US College - bjcheung77 - 08-27-2022
KAUST was briefly talked about on this and the sister board. I don't know much about their programs and how they're structured... but what drew me to them was exactly what was mentioned in post #3 above by sialiblo.
DegreeInfo Link: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?threads/top-ranked-fully-funded-ms-phd-kaust.60594/
Previous thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-Top-Ranked-Fully-Funded-MS-PhD-KAUST
RE: Richest US College - sialiblo - 08-28-2022
KSA is now making an even bigger university than KAUST, called Neom U, recruited ex UIUC provost as founding president
https://www.neom.com/en-us/newsroom/neom-appoints-university-president
RE: Richest US College - Alpha - 08-28-2022
Perhaps it's not surprising that the list of the Top 50 Richest Universities is dominated by the US. I'm suspicious of the data that goes into creating these lists, if for no other reason than the endowment numbers are changing daily.
https://www.nonprofitcollegesonline.com/wealthiest-universities-in-the-world/
RE: Richest US College - cardiacclep - 09-09-2022
Crazy to think many universities are essentially tax free hedge funds. Higher ed is really broken.