How much does it take to get your name on a college building?

University of Michigan named their business college after Stephen M. Ross after he donated $100mil to the school. So how much does it take to get a library or dorm hall named after you? And how big is the differential gonna be between getting one at Harvard vs a big state school vs an Amherst/Wellesley/Williams 

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I went to a non-target undergrad and the price tag was $30M to name the business school, but an alum offered $10M and they accepted. Now his name is on everything. 

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I'm genuinely curious what would it take to rename Harvard (BS). It's the biggest boy in town and I wonder if any donation would be able to top Harvard's own brand-name. But with all the shit it's gotten itself into, its own prestige is declining

 

There is a tier of school with enough branding and prestige (Harvard, Stanford, Yale) where I am sure no donation would ever be enough to rename a business or law school. Princeton would also be in there but they don't have any big professional schools. 

 

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