The University’s financial foundation brought in more revenue than colleges nationally did on average.
In fiscal year 2016, colleges across the country posted the lowest return on investments since the recession, according to a report from the National Association of College and University Business Officers. GW’s investments had a rate of return of 1.2 percent, outpacing the average, but worse than the previous year, when the University’s investments grew by just under 3 percent.
In NACUBO’s annual survey of 805 colleges and universities, endowments averaged a 1.9 percent decrease in returns on investments in the fiscal year that ended in June.
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