Study: Educational Endowments' Investment Returns Averaged 15.5 Percent in FY2014

(Press release, Jan. 29, 2015) — Final data gathered from 832 U.S. colleges and universities for the 2014 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments® (NCSE) show that these institutions’ endowments returned an average of 15.5 percent (net of fees) for the 2014 fiscal year (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014) compared with 11.7 percent for the 2013 fiscal year. The 832 institutions participating in this year’s Study represented $516.0 billion in endowment assets.