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Chetty College Mobility

JAN. 18, 2017

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38 colleges had more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent

Students from ...		The top 1% ($630k+)	Bottom 60% (<$65k)
1.	Washington University in St. Louis	21.7	6.1
2.	Colorado College	24.2	10.5
3.	Washington and Lee University	19.1	8.4
4.	Colby College	20.4	11.1
5.	Trinity College (Conn.)	26.2	14.3
6.	Bucknell University	20.4	12.2
7.	Colgate University	22.6	13.6
8.	Kenyon College	19.8	12.2
9.	Middlebury College	22.8	14.2
10.	Tufts University	18.6	11.8
11.	Lafayette College	17.0	10.9
12.	Georgetown University	20.8	13.5
13.	Notre Dame	15.4	10.0
14.	Vanderbilt University	22.8	14.9
15.	Elon University	14.0	9.2
16.	Dartmouth College	20.7	14.4
17.	Bates College	18.3	12.9
18.	Hamilton College	19.6	13.8
19.	Claremont McKenna College	19.6	15.2
20.	Wake Forest University	21.7	17.0
21.	Princeton University	17.0	13.6
22.	Connecticut College	18.0	14.8
23.	Southern Methodist University	22.9	18.9
24.	Villanova University	15.0	12.4
25.	Bowdoin College	20.4	17.5
26.	Duke University	19.2	16.5
27.	Yale University	18.7	16.3
28.	Pitzer College	20.1	17.6
29.	University of Pennsylvania	18.7	16.5
30.	Brown University	19.5	18.2
31.	Franklin & Marshall College	17.5	16.4
32.	Boston College	16.1	15.2
33.	Davidson College	17.4	16.4
34.	Furman University	16.2	15.5
35.	Texas Christian University	16.3	16.0
36.	Dickinson College	13.3	13.2
37.	Muhlenberg College	10.9	10.8
38.	Skidmore College	15.0	15.0

These estimates are for the 1991 cohort (approximately the class of 2013). Rankings are shown for colleges with at least 200 students in this cohort, sorted here by the ratio between the two income groups.

Elite colleges that enroll the highest percentage of low- and middle-income students

College		Pct. from bottom 40%
1.	University of California, Los Angeles	19.2
2.	Emory University	15.9
3.	Barnard College	15.3
4.	New York University	14.3
5.	Vassar College	13.8
6.	Bryn Mawr College	13.7
7.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13.5
8.	University of Miami (Fla.)	13.1
9.	Brandeis University	12.9
10.	Wellesley College	12.5
11.	University of Chicago	12.0
12.	Amherst College	12.0
13.	University of Rochester	11.7
14.	Harvard University	11.7
15.	University of Southern California	11.6
16.	Cooper Union	11.4
17.	Williams College	11.2
18.	Columbia University	11.1
19.	Macalester College	10.8
20.	Pomona College	10.7
21.	Swarthmore College	10.6
22.	Haverford College	10.2
23.	Wesleyan University	10.2
24.	Rice University	10.1
25.	Cornell University	9.7
26.	Stanford University	9.6
27.	University of Richmond	9.6
28.	Reed College	9.5
29.	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	9.5
30.	The College of New Jersey	9.5
31.	College of the Holy Cross	9.5
32.	Carnegie Mellon University	9.3
33.	Brown University	9.3
34.	Bowdoin College	9.2
35.	Duke University	9.1
36.	Occidental College	9.0
37.	Tulane University	8.9
38.	Case Western Reserve University	8.5
39.	Connecticut College	8.2
40.	Davidson College	8.2
41.	University of Pennsylvania	8.1
42.	Wake Forest University	8.1
43.	Northwestern University	8.0
44.	Carleton College	7.9
45.	Middlebury College	7.7
46.	George Washington University	7.6
47.	Bates College	7.6
48.	Franklin & Marshall College	7.5
49.	Boston College	7.4
50.	Georgetown University	7.1
51.	Princeton University	7.0
52.	University of Virginia	6.9
53.	Yale University	6.8
54.	Lehigh University	6.8
55.	Dartmouth College	6.8
56.	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	6.8
57.	Claremont McKenna College	6.7
58.	Vanderbilt University	6.6
59.	Johns Hopkins University	6.6
60.	Hamilton College	6.5
61.	Colgate University	6.4
62.	Colby College	6.4
63.	Tufts University	6.3
64.	Oberlin College	6.2
65.	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	5.8
66.	Harvey Mudd College	5.8
67.	Scripps College	5.8
68.	Villanova University	5.7
69.	Bucknell University	5.3
70.	California Institute of Technology	5.2
71.	College of William & Mary	4.9
72.	Kenyon College	4.8
73.	Whitman College	4.6
74.	Washington and Lee University	4.5
75.	Lafayette College	4.5
76.	Notre Dame	4.4
77.	Washington University in St. Louis	2.6

Rankings are shown for “elite” colleges only.

Colleges with the highest mobility rate, from the bottom 40 percent to the top 40 percent

College		Pct. from bottom 40%	Success rate	‘Mobility’
1.	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	66.0	66.4	43.9
2.	City College of New York	60.5	62.9	38.1
3.	Texas A&M International University	60.7	62.4	37.9
4.	Lehman College	64.6	57.0	36.8
5.	Bernard M. Baruch College	52.3	69.2	36.2
6.	California State University, Los Angeles	59.6	60.0	35.7
7.	Crimson Technical College	55.4	64.1	35.5
8.	University of Texas-Pan American	64.0	53.5	34.2
9.	New York City College of Technology	66.2	50.9	33.7
10.	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	54.4	61.1	33.2
11.	York College	62.0	50.9	31.6
12.	Technical Career Institutes	72.7	42.6	31.0
13.	South Texas College	79.1	38.5	30.4
14.	University of Texas at Brownsville	74.0	39.9	29.5
15.	Mount St. Mary's College	47.3	61.5	29.1
16.	Hostos Community College	76.5	37.9	29.0
17.	Bronx Community College	71.0	40.9	29.0
18.	LaGuardia Community College	65.9	43.9	28.9
19.	Cuny Borough of Manhattan Community College	65.6	43.4	28.5
20.	Medgar Evers College	65.6	43.1	28.3
21.	University of Texas at El Paso	52.9	53.0	28.0
22.	Berkeley College (N.Y.)	53.6	52.3	28.0
23.	Hunter College	46.1	60.7	28.0
24.	Bloomfield College	57.6	48.0	27.6
25.	California State University, Dominguez Hills	50.7	54.4	27.6
26.	Laredo Community College	71.7	37.8	27.1
27.	Wood Tobe, Coburn School	69.5	38.5	26.7
28.	Saint Thomas University	59.6	44.8	26.7
29.	Western Technical College (Tex.)	76.2	34.8	26.5
30.	Dillard University	53.5	49.1	26.3
31.	Sul Ross State University	49.9	52.6	26.2
32.	Our Lady of the Lake University (Tex.)	49.3	52.6	25.9
33.	Southwest Texas Junior College	69.6	37.2	25.9
34.	Brooklyn College	45.5	56.7	25.8
35.	Hallmark College of Technology	58.2	44.3	25.8
36.	SUNY Old Westbury	48.5	51.7	25.1
37.	Claflin University	64.3	38.9	25.0
38.	Texas A&M University, Kingsville	48.3	51.8	25.0
39.	Boricua College	73.7	33.4	24.6
40.	Southern University and A&M at Baton Rouge	57.2	43.0	24.6
41.	Texas State Technical College Harlingen	70.9	34.3	24.3
42.	Pace University	34.4	70.5	24.3
43.	Stony Brook University	33.9	71.4	24.2
44.	ITI Technical College	41.4	58.3	24.1
45.	New Jersey City University	44.4	54.0	24.0
46.	Grambling State University	64.1	37.3	23.9
47.	Queensborough Community College	53.2	44.9	23.9
48.	Miami Dade Community Colleges	58.9	40.4	23.8
49.	El Paso Community College	69.7	34.1	23.8
50.	Glendale Community College	54.4	43.2	23.5
51.	Lincoln University (Pa.)	49.2	47.7	23.4
52.	Saint Peter's University	41.8	56.1	23.4
53.	Tulsa Welding School	53.0	43.8	23.2
54.	Florida Memorial University	65.0	35.4	23.0
55.	South Carolina State University	55.4	41.5	23.0
56.	California State University, Northridge	39.4	58.3	23.0
57.	Winston-Salem State University	50.7	45.3	23.0
58.	Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University	50.3	45.6	22.9
59.	Queens College	39.8	57.5	22.9
60.	Kingsborough Commmunity College	54.5	41.8	22.8
61.	Jackson State University	59.3	38.4	22.8
62.	University of Maryland University College	41.6	54.4	22.7
63.	Hohokus School - Rets/Nutley	57.0	39.5	22.5
64.	Coyne College	52.6	42.6	22.4
65.	University of the District of Columbia	56.4	39.7	22.4
66.	Monroe College	76.7	29.1	22.3
67.	Saint Francis College	32.0	69.6	22.3
68.	University of Houston	36.1	61.3	22.1
69.	Dickinson State University	36.9	60.0	22.1
70.	The College of New Rochelle	56.6	38.9	22.0
71.	Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University	50.8	43.3	22.0
72.	Xavier University of Louisiana	37.5	58.5	22.0
73.	Albany State University	51.5	42.6	21.9
74.	Berkeley College (N.J.)	44.4	49.3	21.9
75.	Saint John's University (N.Y.)	33.1	65.8	21.8
76.	Florida International University	34.1	63.8	21.8
77.	Tennessee State University	44.8	48.5	21.7
78.	Woodbury University	39.2	55.4	21.7
79.	Norfolk State University	48.1	45.1	21.7
80.	Central Texas College District	43.9	49.2	21.6
81.	Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology	35.1	61.1	21.5
82.	New Mexico Highlands University	49.2	43.6	21.5
83.	Virginia State University	44.6	48.1	21.4
84.	Tuskegee University	42.9	49.9	21.4
85.	Chicago State University	52.7	40.6	21.4
86.	Bennett College	44.8	47.6	21.3
87.	Cheyney University of Pennsylvania	60.4	35.0	21.2
88.	Long Island University	40.2	52.6	21.1
89.	North Carolina Central University	50.4	41.8	21.1
90.	American Career College (Los Angeles)	69.9	30.1	21.0
91.	Hudson County Community College	67.3	31.2	21.0
92.	Los Angeles Community College District	54.6	38.4	21.0
93.	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	30.3	68.9	20.9
94.	University of California, Riverside	31.5	66.1	20.8
95.	Devry University, Devry Institute of Technology and Denver Technical College	41.0	50.8	20.8
96.	Elizabeth City State University	56.8	36.7	20.8
97.	Southern University at New Orleans	66.6	31.1	20.7
98.	Pasadena City College	51.1	40.5	20.7
99.	California State University, Bakersfield	34.2	60.5	20.7
100.	Roxbury Community College	68.8	30.0	20.7

Success rate measures the percent of lower-income students who ended up in the top 40 percent. Data here comes from the 1980-82 cohort, roughly the college classes of 2002-4. By this stage in life, income ranks are relatively stable.

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The Upshot|Chetty College Mobility

The Upshot

Chetty College Mobility

Economic Diversity and Student Outcomes at America’s Colleges and Universities: Find Your College

38 colleges had more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent

Elite colleges that enroll the highest percentage of low- and middle-income students

Colleges with the highest mobility rate, from the bottom 40 percent to the top 40 percent