About Notre Dame
Resources and Facilities
- Notre Dame ranks in the top 20 among all American colleges and universities in size of endowment (more than $5 billion) and in annual voluntary support. Since 1984-85, the University has ranked first in the amount of money contributed annually by parents. It has the largest endowment and yearly gift total of any Catholic institution of higher learning in the world.
- Notre Dame is one of just 10 major private universities to receive a Aaa rating from Moody's Investor Service.
- A recent report puts Notre Dame's economic impact on the local marketplace at more than $873 million annually.
- The "Spirit of Notre Dame" capital campaign has a goal of $1.5 billion, the largest fund-raising effort in the history of Catholic higher education. Announced publicly in May 2007, the campaign will end on June 30, 2011.
- The University's new Jordan Hall of Science, a 202,000-square-foot facility, opened for the fall 2006 semester. The $70 million facility is the largest building on campus devoted solely to undergraduate education.
