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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will JMU catch W&M in the rankings now that VT passed W&M?[/quote]

As to post itself, the poster assumes this is permanent and then uses ranking as a plural. Tech is one spot higher in the USNWR ranking than William and Mary and methodologies will change again. Forbes has W&M significantly higher in its 2025 ranking. I can locate others where W&M is higher so the post is not correct but give Tech credit as a great school.

As to the question itself, maybe one day but not in your or my lifetime. W&M just received $150MM in donations to fund one degree program and the amount is greater than JMU's entire endowment, not to mention JMU is many times larger than W&M.

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Yikes. Why is JMU's endowment so low? I have a person connection to JMU and I find this troubling........[/quote]

Perhaps a different thread topic but endowments are driven by a small number of very large gifts. The PP  mentioned the $150m Batten gifts to WM. That’s the Weather Channel founder family and the family net worth is probably $3 billion.

JMU as a historic women’s teachers college has not had graduates who founded companies or went to Wall Street or hedge funds.  The two largest gifts in JMU history are a $5 million and a $6 million donation. 
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DP. As the school's popularity and national visibility/recognition rises, its donations will rise. Also, the school used to be much smaller. As it graduates more prosperous students, more alumni will contribute. It takes a long time to build-up a big endowment. But it's probably never going to be a Harvard level fund.[/quote]

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