Colleges that alums always rave about

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Texas A&M. If you've ever seen two A&M alums meet for the first time you would think they were long lost brothers.

-Not an A&M alum

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

Mostly not the big sports schools with exception of Notre Dame, USC, and Duke.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

Mostly not the big sports schools with exception of Notre Dame, USC, and Duke.

Well, there you go. Loyal alumni don't necessarily correlate with major D1 athletic programs. Maybe the graduates wish they'd gotten as much attention as the one-and-done jocks.

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I’ll wager that giving rates say more about alumni income than love for school.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll wager that giving rates say more about alumni income than love for school.

I'll wager alumni support at many schools is largely alumni support for athletics.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

I am kind of shocked about Georgetown...what are they doing with all those donations? Their endowment is pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

I am kind of shocked about Georgetown...what are they doing with all those donations? Their endowment is pathetic.

Georgetown got a late start on it and needs to make up for lost time.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

Mostly not the big sports schools with exception of Notre Dame, USC, and Duke.

Interesting...does anyone have a link they can share? Curious about why Villanova is on list, but not BC. Also W&M, but not UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

Mostly not the big sports schools with exception of Notre Dame, USC, and Duke.

Interesting...does anyone have a link they can share? Curious about why Villanova is on list, but not BC. Also W&M, but not UVA.

It is USNWR website data, but premium.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

Do they really? Is the alumni network strong and supportive? How about the percent of alumni giving? Just asking. (All the parent I know love it because of the in-state tuition, oh, and they were national champs last year in men's basketball)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/#34da262e1a0a

UVA does NOT make the list.

Actually, UVA is one of the highest ranked public in giving.
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-college-alumni-networks/

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.

Top national university alumni giving rates in USNWR:

Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
USC
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Penn
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Brown
Georgetown
William & Mary
Columbia
Stanford
Rice
Villanova
Yale
Caltech
Vanderbilt
Cornell

Mostly not the big sports schools with exception of Notre Dame, USC, and Duke.

Interesting...does anyone have a link they can share? Curious about why Villanova is on list, but not BC. Also W&M, but not UVA.

It is USNWR website data, but premium.

Feeling really good about my DCs choice right now seeing her school in the top 5.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll wager that giving rates say more about alumni income than love for school.

I'll wager alumni support at many schools is largely alumni support for athletics.

Lol. Have you seen the list above? With a small handful of exceptions, these are hardly sports powerhouses.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll wager that giving rates say more about alumni income than love for school.

I'll wager alumni support at many schools is largely alumni support for athletics.

Lol. Have you seen the list above? With a small handful of exceptions, these are hardly sports powerhouses.

Perhaps I should have worded it differently. Many people equate alumni support with strength of support for athletic teams. But I don't think that is really an indicator of support for the academic enterprise.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame is probably the most loyal alumni base in the country.

The Domers almost border on cult status.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Dayton

This.

I know 10 alum and about 15 students there right now. THEY LOVE IT!

Never visited... just wondering if you can explain why people love it.

Go Flyers! I'm a proUD UD alum. Every time I see someone in UD garb, I ask them if they went to Dayton and when they graduated. If they are an alum, it doesn't matter if they graduated in 1962, 1982, 2002 or 2019, the person will talk to me and ask me where I lived on campus. Because it's a Catholic school, there is an emphasis on service. And the basketball team definitely unites the community. Off topic - this was our year to win the NCAA basketball tournament. Go Flyers!

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Admittedly, we Michigan grads aren't ranked among the most generous donors, but I think the numbers are skewed because they don't account for sweatshirt purchases.

GO BLUE!

By the way, the diversity of the maniacal Michigan mob is pretty amazing.