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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]UVA[/b][/quote]

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)[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

USNWR is a better source for giving rates.[/quote]

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[/quote]

Alumni giving rates are only one measurement of loyalty and satisfaction with any educational institution. It no longer is a parameter to demonstrate the #1 most loved/adored/loyal school.  Millennials and younger generations have different mindsets in giving and tend to give money towards “charities” that are more specific and micro focused.  They do not view their high school or college as a nonprofit charity needing money but with the click of a mouse can find a remote village in a third world country that needs $100 to get cleaner water and donate and feel better about themselves.  To them, that’s more tangible, more personal.   Younger people don’t see colleges as “in need” and they want accountability of exactly where their money is going.  Higher eds are now having to pivot how they attract donations, whether via capital campaigns or general funds.  I am on the board for a school and we’ve had several presentations on this by our advancement office and I’ve see platforms on it at conferences.  Things are changing.  I would no longer use this percentage of annual giving as a method to determine which school is #1.  [/quote]

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