Top 10 colleges with the wealthiest students

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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?

WashU is currently filled with loaded student families.. It is the go-to backup school when you don't get into Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, duke, etc for NYC area kids.....$$$$$$ flowing freely.

This comment shows your ignorance and bias. If what you say is true, then Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt, Tufts and others are also for Ivy League rejects and Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Cornell are all for Harvard rejects.

It's somewhat true. The only schools that aren't truly Ivy League reject schools where kids actually prefer the non-Ivy are Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and Duke. The rest are more often than not a backup if you're not confident about getting into an Ivy/you didn't get in. And this isn't counting Cornell, since there are a lot of schools kids tend to prefer to Cornell.

What about Johns Hopkins? Would you that add that to the list above?

Unfortunately most still prefer ivy to Johns Hopkins. The average high schooler probably prefers it over Cornell and maybe Dartmouth, but other than that no. You could also make an argument for UChicago or Northwestern, but the ones that are certain like PP said are Stanford, MIT, Duke, Caltech.

It is absolutely amazing about how some posters know what others' motivations are. Where does this hubris come from? Oh well, I only come to DCUM for the insanity and inanity. Unfortunately I worry that many posters are government lawyers shirking their duties.

Does any Us govt lawyer actually work? I think they just post incessantly here

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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?

WashU is currently filled with loaded student families.. It is the go-to backup school when you don't get into Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, duke, etc for NYC area kids.....$$$$$$ flowing freely.

This comment shows your ignorance and bias. If what you say is true, then Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt, Tufts and others are also for Ivy League rejects and Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Cornell are all for Harvard rejects.

It's somewhat true. The only schools that aren't truly Ivy League reject schools where kids actually prefer the non-Ivy are Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and Duke. The rest are more often than not a backup if you're not confident about getting into an Ivy/you didn't get in. And this isn't counting Cornell, since there are a lot of schools kids tend to prefer to Cornell.

Has Cornell lost all of its luster?

Are Cornell students' families' wealthy?

[Anonymous]

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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?

WashU is currently filled with loaded student families.. It is the go-to backup school when you don't get into Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, duke, etc for NYC area kids.....$$$$$$ flowing freely.

This comment shows your ignorance and bias. If what you say is true, then Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt, Tufts and others are also for Ivy League rejects and Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Cornell are all for Harvard rejects.

It's somewhat true. The only schools that aren't truly Ivy League reject schools where kids actually prefer the non-Ivy are Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and Duke. The rest are more often than not a backup if you're not confident about getting into an Ivy/you didn't get in. And this isn't counting Cornell, since there are a lot of schools kids tend to prefer to Cornell.

Has Cornell lost all of its luster?

Are Cornell students' families' wealthy?

Yes its honestly not treated as an ivy by most of the population, and not anymore than other elite schools.

[Anonymous]

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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?

WashU is currently filled with loaded student families.. It is the go-to backup school when you don't get into Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, duke, etc for NYC area kids.....$$$$$$ flowing freely.

This comment shows your ignorance and bias. If what you say is true, then Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt, Tufts and others are also for Ivy League rejects and Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Cornell are all for Harvard rejects.

It's somewhat true. The only schools that aren't truly Ivy League reject schools where kids actually prefer the non-Ivy are Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and Duke. The rest are more often than not a backup if you're not confident about getting into an Ivy/you didn't get in. And this isn't counting Cornell, since there are a lot of schools kids tend to prefer to Cornell.

Has Cornell lost all of its luster?

Are Cornell students' families' wealthy?

There are plenty of great students at Cornell but there are simply several more desirable options. It's actually pretty comical how many people I know whose kids would rather go to a school like Stanford or Duke than Cornell, it's simply not the go-to option for a lot of the best students.

[Anonymous]

This is pretty simple. The colleges with the wealthiest students are those that are selective but don't have enormous endowments to subsidize a more socio-economically diverse student body. Wealthy parents pay full freight for their children to attend for a (relatively) prestigious diploma.

This was also the reality for the Ivy and ivy-like older schools that started amassing huge endowments (via aggressive fundraising from alumni) a few decades ago and then adopting DEI principles in the last decade or so.

The highly selective and well-endowed universities that made this list are those that do not prioritize DEI as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty simple. The colleges with the wealthiest students are those that are selective but don't have enormous endowments to subsidize a more socio-economically diverse student body. Wealthy parents pay full freight for their children to attend for a (relatively) prestigious diploma.

This was also the reality for the Ivy and ivy-like older schools that started amassing huge endowments (via aggressive fundraising from alumni) a few decades ago and then adopting DEI principles in the last decade or so.

The highly selective and well-endowed universities that made this list are those that do not prioritize DEI as much.

The lack of huge endowments give them a huge disadvantage when it comes to college rankings because diversity is given heavier weight in most ranking system, including USNWR. (These schools are doing a pretty good job at it but it’s much harder for them.)

[Anonymous]

Median household income is probably not how I'd measure it. I'd probably look at percent of students whose families are in top 1% of income.