Washington Monthly - September/October 2020 - 62

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SOCIAL MOBILITY

1	

STANFORD UNIVERSITY (CA)	

5	 118	 71	 246	168	 25	 6	

1	 18	 58	

10	

6	

5	 1	 2	

46	 297	 29%	 NO	 3

2	

Harvard University (MA)	

1	

2	 227	377	

8	

7	

15	

163	 187	

3	

MA Institute of Technology (MA)	

17	269	117	168	61	 19	 8	 11	 6	93	

18	 42	 261	 216	 39	

3	

2	 4	

25%	

NO	

5

13	 2	 6	 4	 3	

319	 14	 8%	 NO	 1

4	

Yale University (CT)	

4	 136	 44	 160	 120	 42	 9	

9	 26	100	

15	

4	 39	 12	 9	

255	 29	

11%	

NO	

3

5	

Princeton University (NJ)	

2	 95	 59	 160	 89	 20	 27	

4	 40	136	

63	

5	 41	 5	 5	

26	 52	

11%	

NO	

1

6	

Duke University (NC)	

9	 237	 12	 230	 190	276	 24	

3	 10	222	

9	

12	 31	 11	 14	

28	 65	

10%	

NO	 5

3	

25	 30	 9	 8	

164	 226	 19%	 NO	 4

7	

University of Pennsylvania (PA)	

6	 127	 74	 344	 195	154	 10	 28	 23	102	

8	

Georgetown University (DC)	

13	91	32	216	
284	
230	2	 71	27	
76	 90	35	141	
199	
78	 8	140	11%	 NO	3

9	

Univ. of California-San Diego (CA)*	

36	 106	 73	1224	27	 8	 343	 57	 61	21	

6	 50	 21	 8	 7	

151	 249	 30%	 NO	 5

10	

Utah State University (UT)*	

256	 77	

94	 222	 139	 80	168	

351	 103	 52%	

NO	

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11	

Univ. of California-Los Angeles (CA)*	

21	 99	 109	1549	 35	 17	 259	 45	 96	128	

7	

53	 204	 22%	

NO	

4

12	

Texas A&M Univ.-Coll. Station (TX)*	

73	 28	 142	1463	241	 94	 100	 148	 58	 8	

17	 134	 8	 118	 55	

190	 5	

NO	

1

13	

University of California-Davis (CA)*	

45	 37	 99	1596	45	 21	 124	 87	 75	 9	

28	 59	 18	 47	28	

88	 247	 28%	 NO	 1

3	 472	 39	 166	 14	 103	119	 3	

38	 13	 30	 15	

22%	

14	

Columbia Univ. in the City of NY (NY)	

25	 124	 93	 194	 36	 38	 20	 19	 98	193	

18	

14	 24	 26	 10	

80	 275	 16%	

NO	

1

15	

University of Florida (FL)*	

40	 20	 105	 1695	 87	 62	 173	 12	 188	238	

23	

43	

42	

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5

16	

Univ. of Washington-Seattle (WA)*	

54	 76	 131	 1060	194	 46	 299	 21	 97	 110	

4	

61	 16	 17	 13	

29	 107	

12%	

NO	

5

17	

Univ. of California-Berkeley (CA)*	

18	 195	 7	 972	 42	 12	 342	 54	 115	307	

25	

20	

48	 208	 14%	

NO	

1

18	

Univ. of IL-Urbana-Champaign (IL)*	

42	 35	 132	 1176	 88	 103	 113	 85	 87	106	

34	 44	 9	 25	 36	

120	 134	 17%	

NO	 4

19	

University of NC-Chapel Hill (NC)*	

31	 92	 103	 677	 98	 206	304	 20	 56	116	

NO	 3

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7	 6	

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31	 25	 33	 39	

11	 117	 15%	

20	 University of CA-Santa Barbara (CA)*	 52	 49	 87	 1397	 30	 7	 316	 96	 152	66	

83	 68	 49	 50	 11	

57	 250	 25%	

NO	 5

21	

48	 63	 116	 721	 266	266	 279	 97	 38	 43	

5	

18	 147	

11%	

NO	

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22	 University of California-Irvine (CA)*	

37	 48	 89	 1938	 19	 5	 285	 66	 127	88	

56	 96	 31	 23	 35	

172	 258	 22%	

NO	

1

23	

7	 112	 70	 213	 181	303	 68	 127	 2	 80	

88	 23	 77	 39	103	

54	 15	

NO	 1

24	 University of Chicago (IL)	

15	 272	 90	 186	 193	 161	 307	 7	 24	225	

52	

3	 45	 20	 16	

21	 233	 22%	

NO	 5

25	

10	 220	 57	 473	 180	250	 98	 113	 28	220	

12	

11	 22	 19	 19	

98	 148	 18%	

NO	

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)*	

University of Notre Dame (IN)	

Cornell University (NY)	

26	 CA State University-Fresno (CA)*	

163	 32	 240	 936	 60	 48	 43	

27	

104	 200	 34	 1642	 2	

11	

7	 89	 71	

36	 3	 36	 21	

25%	

3

8	 246	 35	

245	 317	 293	 231	168	

188	 157	

54%	

NO	

1

13	 315	 40	 228	316	

106	 168	 63	 32	 67	

122	 280	

52%	

NO	

2

28	 University of Virginia (VA)*	

14	 81	 85	 354	 318	275	 201	 89	 34	195	

47	 32	 61	 68	 42	

7	

19%	

NO	 4

29	 Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor (MI)*	

28	 145	 150	 797	 187	 193	 272	 13	 101	331	

2	

30	 200	

30	 Northwestern University (IL)	

11	 207	 36	 275	 146	237	 170	 53	 19	203	

27	 22	 29	 14	 27	

111	 265	 13%	

NO	 6

326	 255	 252	 293	168	

103	 357	

NO	

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Univ. of California-Riverside (CA)*	

National Louis University (IL)	

220	 4	

1	

5	

41	 69	 15	 182	 349	 31	

30	

1	 37	 24	

42	

9%	
9%	

NO	

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OVERALL SCORE: Overall score represents the combined score of our three metrics-social mobility, research, and service-with each metric being
weighted equally.
SOCIAL MOBILITY: The first column ranks the college by the percentage of all students graduating within eight years, and the second column ranks based
on the predicted rate of graduation (based on incoming ACT/SAT scores, Pell Grant percentages, and other measures; see our full methodology on page 106).
The third column ranks colleges based on the difference in six-year graduation rates between Pell Grant recipients and those who did not receive a Pell Grant.
The fourth column lists the number of Pell Grant recipients who graduated with a bachelor's degree. The fifth and sixth columns rank the difference between
the actual and predicted percentages of Pell Grant recipients and first-generation students based on ACT/SAT scores, the percentage of students admitted,
and the state's family income distribution. The seventh column ranks colleges based on the difference between actual and predicted earnings of all students
(dropouts and graduates) 10 years after starting college, after controlling for student demographics and majors, living costs, and other factors. The eighth column ranks by the net price of attending that institution, or the average price that first-time, full-time students who have a family income below $75,000 per
year and receive financial aid pay for college after subtracting grants and scholarships. The final two columns rank colleges based on the actual and predicted
performance of the percentage of students who repaid at least $1 in principal on their loans within five years of entering repayment.
RESEARCH: The first column ranks total research expenditures. The second shows the college's ranking in the number of bachelor's recipients who go on to
receive PhDs, relative to college size. The third ranks the college by the number of science and engineering PhDs awarded. The fourth column shows the college's ranking by the number of faculty receiving prestigious awards, relative to the number of full-time faculty. The fifth column ranks the college by the number of faculty who are members of the National Academies, relative to the number of full-time faculty.
SERVICE: The first column ranks the college by the number of alumni who go on to serve in the Peace Corps, relative to college size. The second column ranks
the college by the percentage of students who serve in ROTC. The third is the percentage of funds in federal work-study money that go to community service
(versus non-community service). The fourth category reflects whether a college matches AmeriCorps service grants for undergraduate students in all fields
of study (yes), at least one (some), or none (no). The final category includes measures of a college's voting engagement, and colleges can score between zero
and six points in this category.
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