The strong performance of Drexel’s endowment landed the University in the top 11 percent of endow-ments and foundations nationwide, as ranked by the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.
Drexel’s endowment totaled $722 million and returned 14.7 percent for the fiscal year ending June 2017.
The Drexel endowment pool represents a total of $652 million, which includes $460 million in investable pooled assets, $132 million in directly held real estate and $59 million in other annuities and trusts.
Additionally, the $69 million endowment of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University contributes to the University’s overall endowment. This year, the Academy’s endowment returned 13.3 percent and is composed of $60 million in pooled assets and an additional $9 million in annuities and trusts.
The University’s endowment has returned 8.15 percent annual-ized for the past five years and 8.05 percent annualized since 1991.
The Dragon Fund, a stock portfolio managed by undergraduate students in the LeBow College of Business, returned 26.2 percent this year.