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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“So next step: there are 399 national universities out of which the top 25 are ranked. Of those top 25 ranked, 20 were in the top 25 in endowment per capita, including the top 19.”

Yep, huge correlation. Same story on the LAC side. I know as a parent who helped five kids develop their college lists that there’s a strong correlation between competitiveness for entry and endowment. Some outliers to be sure, but generally they align.

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If there’s a correlation, competitiveness isn’t part of it because USNWR doesn’t use acceptance rate anymore.

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I meant competitiveness not as a ratings factor but as indicator of difficulty gaining admission. I have a B student and trying to help him build a list of schools we’ve spent a lot of time in the CDS of various schools. Those with entering classes having higher test scores and greater percentages in the top decile/quartile/half of their HS classes tend to have higher endowments (and higher rankings). [/quote]

Except you said there’s a relationship between endowment and competitiveness. That isn’t really true with USNWR, particularly as they don’t use acceptance rate to calculate their ranking.[/quote]

You misunderstand the meaning of correlation. [/quote]

NP.  Here are acceptance rates along with the top National Universities ranked by endowment per capita.

While there appears to be a correlation, there are a few that don't seem to fall in line:

Notre Dame with 18% acceptance rate but ranked 9th.
Hopkins with 11% acceptance rate but ranked at bottom.

Other than those outliers, I do see a correlation.

Princeton University 5%
Yale University 6%
Harvard University 5%
Stanford University 4%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7%
California Institute of Technology 7%
Rice University 11%
Dartmouth College 9%
University of Notre Dame 18%
Northwestern University 8%
University of Chicago 7%
Duke University 9%
University of Pennsylvania 8%
Washington University in St. Louis 15%
Emory University 19%
Brown University 8%
Vanderbilt University 10%
Columbia University 6%
Cornell University 11%
University of Virginia 26%
University of Michigan 23%
University of Rochester 29%
Lehigh University 22%
Case Western Reserve University 29%
Johns Hopkins 11%[/quote]

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