Top 10 colleges with the wealthiest students

[Anonymous]

These are the top 10 colleges with the wealthiest students. Are you surprised by any of these?

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[Anonymous]

Yeah, this is old news from NYT.

[Anonymous]

whats #10? I cant see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:whats #10? I cant see it.

Tufts

[Anonymous]

Colorado College? Weird list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colorado College? Weird list.

Colorado College is a very competitive SLAC which most kids who get in apply ED. It’s well known to have very wealthy families.

[Anonymous]

No Carleton?

[Anonymous]

None of this is surprising OP - are you actually surprised?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No Carleton?

Odd question. Carleton is need-blind and not known for attracting wealthy students compared to most top SLACs.

[Anonymous]

Carleton is not need blind. It had to give that up years ago. But agree that Carleton is not known for having wealthy students.

[Anonymous]

This is from like five years ago. But yes, Colorado College has very wealthy students. Lots of trust funders. I live in Colorado and almost every graduate I've met, their lifestyle doesn't match their job (ie they have family money).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of this is surprising OP - are you actually surprised?

I would’ve expected brown university to be on the list and also perhaps USC. Maybe even Pepperdine.

[Anonymous]

Here's the NY Times tool: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html

Median family income:
1. Colorado College ($277,500)
2. WashU ($272,000)
3. Colgate ($270,200)
4. Washington and Lee ($261,000)
5. Trinity College ($257,100)
6. Middlebury ($244,300)
7. Colby ($236,100)
8. Georgetown ($229,100)
9. Bates ($226,500)
10. Tufts ($224,800)
11. Wake Forest ($221,500)
12. Pitzer ($216, 600)
13. Davidson ($213,900)
14. Kenyon ($213,500)
15. Franklin & Marshall ($212,100)
16. Skidmore ($208, 700)
17. Hamilton ($208,600)
18. Elon ($208,300)
19. Lafayette ($205,600)
20. Vanderbile ($204,500)
21. Bucknell ($204,200)
21. Brown ($204,200)
23. Claremont McKenna ($201,300)
24. Dartmouth ($200,400)
25. Southern Methodist ($198,900)

53. Carleton ($172,400)
69. USC ($161,400)
161. Pepperdine ($128,700)

[Anonymous]

We make more than $229k and that $85k year is absolutely painful, especially with another also in college in another year.

None of those salaries qualify for aid. Schools without large endowments or need blind are t on the list because most kids at those schools barely pay anything out of pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the NY Times tool: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html

Median family income:
1. Colorado College ($277,500)
2. WashU ($272,000)
3. Colgate ($270,200)
4. Washington and Lee ($261,000)
5. Trinity College ($257,100)
6. Middlebury ($244,300)
7. Colby ($236,100)
8. Georgetown ($229,100)
9. Bates ($226,500)
10. Tufts ($224,800)
11. Wake Forest ($221,500)
12. Pitzer ($216, 600)
13. Davidson ($213,900)
14. Kenyon ($213,500)
15. Franklin & Marshall ($212,100)
16. Skidmore ($208, 700)
17. Hamilton ($208,600)
18. Elon ($208,300)
19. Lafayette ($205,600)
20. Vanderbile ($204,500)
21. Bucknell ($204,200)
21. Brown ($204,200)
23. Claremont McKenna ($201,300)
24. Dartmouth ($200,400)
25. Southern Methodist ($198,900)

53. Carleton ($172,400)
69. USC ($161,400)
161. Pepperdine ($128,700)

I went to Wash. U. in parent times and never met anyone there who seemed especially wealthy.

Is it possible that schools like USC, Princeton and Dartmouth figured out a way to game the system and lower their apparent student family wealth levels?