Update on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 27 Universities

By MARISA LOPEZ-RIVERA

The 27 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $651.8-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available.

The campaign with the largest gain in the last month was Tufts University, with $131.8-million.

The 27 universities—each...