The Triangle Business Journal reported last week that university endowments in North Carolina increased by $1.8 billion from 2013 to 2014. Of that increase, approximately $549 million was in the endowments of UNC system schools. The combined worth of all UNC endowments (listed below) was $4.54 billion in 2014.
- UNC-Chapel Hill, $2.696B
- N.C. State, $885M
- UNC-Greensboro, $252M
- UNC-Charlotte, $169M
- East Carolina, $164M
- Appalachian State, $91M
- UNC-Wilmington, $85M
- Western Carolina, $64M
- N.C. A&T, $44M
- UNC-Asheville, $37M
- Winston-Salem State, $34M
- Fayetteville St, $19M
Legislators should bear these figures in mind when UNC lobbyists come calling.
