The 50 most-backed colleges & universities in the United States

The 50 most-backed colleges & universities in the United States are ranked by their centrality in the sector's funding network — a measure of how embedded they are through grants received, board connections, and shared funders.

The largest are Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, and Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.

Most-backed colleges & universities in the United States

Ranked by sector centrality (ImpactRank over the funder graph).

Johns Hopkins University

Yale University

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Emory University

Washington University

The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York

University Of Southern California

The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University

Cornell University

President And Fellows Of Harvard College

Duke University

Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Chicago

University Of Miami

University Of Notre Dame Du Lac

New York University

Georgetown University

Vanderbilt University

The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

TThe George Washington University

Trustees Of Tufts College

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai

Drexel University

The Trustees Of Princeton University

Baylor College Of Medicine

Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education

Thomas Jefferson University

RRegents Of The University Of Colorado

University Of Rochester

The Medical College Of Wisconsin Inc

Baylor University

Calvin University

TThe Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois

TThe Ohio State University

Case Western Reserve University

MMichigan State University

The Howard University

UUniversity Of California San Francisco

Wake Forest University

Trustees Of Dartmouth College

West Virginia University Research Corporation

EEmory Group Return

William Marsh Rice University

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

American University

Boston College Trustees

Teach For America Inc

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Chapman University

University Of Indianapolis