Editing Princeton University (section)

=== Finances ===
Princeton University's endowment of $37 billion (per 2021 figures) was ranked as the [[List of US colleges and universities by endowment|fourth]] largest endowment in the United States,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kowarski|first=Ilana|date=September 22, 2020|title=10 Universities With the Biggest Endowments|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/10-universities-with-the-biggest-endowments|access-date=June 19, 2021|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720170959/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/10-universities-with-the-biggest-endowments|url-status=live}}</ref> and it had the greatest per-student endowment in the world at over $4.4 million per student.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burns|first=Hilary|date=January 28, 2021|title=Campus Rejects|work=[[American City Business Journals]]|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2021/01/28/why-the-nation-s-wealthiest-colleges-are-turning-d.html|access-date=June 19, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324145840/https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2021/01/28/why-the-nation-s-wealthiest-colleges-are-turning-d.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Toscano |first=Paul |date=March 1, 2011 |title=Colleges with the Biggest Endowment Per Student |website=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2011/03/01/Colleges-with-the-Biggest-Endowment-Per-Student.html |access-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814054707/https://www.cnbc.com/2011/03/01/Colleges-with-the-Biggest-Endowment-Per-Student.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The endowment is sustained through continued donations and is maintained by investment advisers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mukherji|first=Aniket|date=October 29, 2021|title=Princeton's endowment grows to $37.7B, with second-highest yearly returns in the Ivy League|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/10/princeton-endowment-returns-2021-ivy-league|access-date=October 29, 2021|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029200851/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/10/princeton-endowment-returns-2021-ivy-league|url-status=live}}</ref> Princeton's operating budget is over $2 billion per year, with 50% going to academic departments and programs, 33% to administrative and student service departments, 10% to financial aid departments, and 7% to the [[Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Operating Budget Overview|url=https://finance.princeton.edu/budgeting-financial-management/budgeting-and-planning/operating-budget-overview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315235142/https://finance.princeton.edu/budgeting-financial-management/budgeting-and-planning/operating-budget-overview|archive-date=March 15, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Office of Finance and Treasury|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref>