Revealed: Exactly how rich each Oxbridge college is right now

It’s no secret that the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford are absolutely loaded. As well as the universities themselves being minted, the individual Oxbridge colleges are all sitting on loads of cash. Here are all the Oxbridge colleges ranked by exactly how rich they are right now.

The net worths of different Oxbridge colleges varies wildly. Trinity College at the University of Cambridge is easily the richest Oxbridge college. It has a truly eye-watering £2.2 billion. Trinity is so astonishingly rich because Henry VIII gave it loads of land in 1546 from Catholic monasteries he’d ransacked. Really. In addition to having loads of land in Cambridge, Trinity also owns the O2 Arena in London and most of the Port of Felixstowe, which is Britain’s biggest container port.

The varying wealth of Oxbridge colleges is one of the many reasons why students end up with very different university experiences. The wealthier colleges have much more money to spend on financial aid, travel grants and subsidising accommodation. However, there is a quite a strong correlation between which Oxbridge colleges are the richest, and which Oxbridge colleges are seen by students as being the snootiest and most stressful.

All the total net assets of these Oxbridge colleges come from their annual financial reports. That’s right, I read 67 financial reports so you wouldn’t have to! *Jazz hands*. The data for Christ’s College, Magdalene College, Queens’ College, Selwyn College, and Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge is correct as of summer 2024. For all the other Oxbridge colleges, the figure is correct as of summer 2023.

So, here are all the Oxbridge colleges ranked by exactly how rich they are right now:

67. Darwin College, Cambridge – £24.9 million

66. Clare Hall, Cambridge – £38.6 million

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65. St Edmund’s College, Cambridge – £43.6 million

64. Linacre College, Oxford – £43.8 million

63. Harris Manchester College, Oxford – £44.7 million

62. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge – £50.3 million

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61. Hughes Hall, Cambridge – £56.7 million

60. Mansfield College, Oxford – £68.1 million

59. St Anne’s College, Oxford – £72.0 million

58. St Hugh’s College, Oxford – £72.5 million

57. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford – £74.4 million

56. Wolfson College, Cambridge – £81.3 million

55. St Antony’s College, Oxford – £88.4 million

54. St Peter’s College, Oxford – £89.0 million

53. Hertford College, Oxford – £91.9 million

52. Worcester College, Oxford – £95.4 million

51. Green Templeton College, Oxford – £99.5 million

50. St Edmund Hall, Oxford – £100.8 million

49. Wolfson College, Oxford – £102.9 million

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48. Robinson College, Cambridge – £116.7 million

47. Murray Edwards College, Cambridge – £118.1 million

46. Oriel College, Oxford – £118.2 million

45. St Hilda’s College, Oxford – £122.7 million

44. Keble College, Oxford – £137.1 million

43. Exeter College, Oxford – £137.7 million

42. St Catherine’s College, Oxford – £139.2 million

41. Selwyn College, Cambridge – £144.7 million

40. Pembroke College, Oxford – £144.8 million

39. Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge – £154.6 million

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38. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge – £155.4 million

37. Wadham College, Oxford – £159.6 million

36. Queen’s College, Cambridge – £167.5 million

35. Balliol College, Oxford – £167.6 million

34. Girton College, Cambridge – £172.8 million

33. St Catharine’s College, Cambridge – £174.8 million

32. Lincoln College, Oxford – £189.3 million

31. Churchill College, Cambridge – £196.2 million

30. Magdalene College, Cambridge – £204.4 million

29. Braenose College, Oxford – £213.9 million

Braenose is basically bang in the centre of Oxford

28. Homerton College, Cambridge – £215.4 million

27. Downing College, Cambridge – £224.0 million

26. Trinity College, Oxford – £224.7 million

25. Somerville College, Oxford – £227.9 million

24. Corpus Christi, Oxford – £236.5 million

23. University College, Oxford – £238.5 million

22. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge – £239.0 million

21. Jesus College, Oxford – £239.4 million

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20. Christ’s College, Cambridge – £259.0 million

19. Newnham College, Cambridge – £259.2 million

18. Pembroke College, Cambridge – £302.5 million

17. Nuffield College, Oxford – £314.0 million

16. Clare College, Cambridge – £336.0 million

15. Peterhouse, Cambridge – £350.3 million

14. Emmanuel College, Cambridge – £351.6 million

13. Merton College, Oxford – £358.1 million

12. Jesus College, Cambridge – £374.7 million

11. New College, Oxford – £377.8 million

10. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge – £382.3 million

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9. Trinity Hall, Cambridge – £388.9 million

8. King’s College, Cambridge – £431.2 million

7. The Queen’s College, Oxford – £453.5 million

6. All Souls College, Oxford – £537.6 million

5. Christ Church College, Oxford – £765.6 million

4. St John’s College, Oxford – £818.5 million

3. Magdalen College, Oxford – £952.9 million

2. St John’s College, Cambridge – £986.2 million

1. Trinity College, Cambridge – £2.2 billion