Colleges Announce Endowment Returns

Many colleges with large endowments announce their most recent rate of return on those endowments this time of year, generally for the year ending June 30. Here are some of the highlights:

• Bowdoin College announced a return of 15.7 percent, bringing the endowment's value to $1.6 billion
• Brown University announced a 13.2 percent return, bringing the endowment's value to $3.8 billion.
• Cornell University announced a 10.6 percent return, bringing the endowment's value to $7.2 billion.
• Stanford University announced an 11.3 percent return, bringing the endowment's value to $26.5 billion.
• University of Notre Dame announced a 12.2 percent return, bringing the endowment's value to $13.1 billion.
• Yale University announced a 12.3 percent return, bringing its endowment value to $29.4 billion.