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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because Columbia has a smaller undergraduate student population than UVA.
As I said, things that increase % of alumni donation when talking about W&M:
1. Undergrad student population size
2. Undergrad student population median family income/wealth

You are literally making my argument for me.[/quote]

How does showing an example that violates one of your two arguments make your argument for you?

OK.  Cornell has about the same undergraduate enrollment as UVA and has a lower median family income yet it has a higher alumni giving rate.  That violates both of your rules.

Your factors may be valid, but I'm sure there are others.  I suspect the most significant from a statistical standpoint is whether or not the school is private.  The USNWR alumni giving list is dominated by private schools.   W&M is public but still ranks pretty high.  Why can't you give it a little credit for this one thing?[/quote]

Cornell has lower undergraduate pop. than UVA. 
Again, I have never compared W&M to privates.
The person I was responding to stated that W&M has the highest alumni giving of [b]public universities[/b]. My statement was that that is highly due to the small undergrad student population and very high median income/wealth of the students' parents. This is really not a hard argument to understand and generally seems to hold.[/quote]

Cornell's undergraduate population is 91% the size of UVA's.  Cornell's median family income is 97% of that of UVA's median family income.  Clearly similar.  Cornell's alumni giving rate is 50% greater than UVA's alumni giving rate.  In your statistical analysis, are you sure there are no other factors?

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This is not a statistical analysis, it is only a heuristic. Cornell is private, perhaps that's another indication. I have a hard time believing Cornell undergrads have greater affection for their college than UVA undergrads though. [/quote]

Privates tend to be small.  But I think the bigger factor is being private (and selective).  USC, a large private with 20K undergraduates has one of the highest giving rates.  [/quote]
That's fine, but the argument was about W&M being the topmost alumni giving among public universities. 
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