Highest First Generation %1. Cal. State, San Bernardino (59.69%) 2. University of California, Merced (57.41%) 3. Colorado Technical University (54.59%) 4. Cal. State, Northridge (53.87%) 5. Cal. State, Fresno (53.25%) 6. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (52.6%) 7. Lehman College, CUNY (51.93%) 8. University of La Verne (50.62%) 9. National Louis University (50.44%) 10. Cal. State, Fullerton (49.45%) 11. Cal. State, Pomona (49.28%) 12. Cal. State, Sacramento (49.05%) 13. San José State University (49.05%) 14. Cal. State, Long Beach (48.63%) 15. Univ. of California, Riverside (48.35%) 16. Southern New Hampshire University (48.26%) 17. San Francisco State University (48.21%) 18. Keiser University (47.65%) 19. Grand Canyon University (47.44%) 20. California State University, Chico (47.34%) 21. Wilmington University (47.08%) 22. Texas A&M University-Kingsville (45.88%) 23. Aurora University (45.69%) 24. University of Illinois at Chicago (44.4%) 25. Humboldt State University (44.06%) 26. University of California, Irvine (43.98%) 27. University of Texas at Arlington (43.77%) 28. New Mexico State University (43.63%) 29. Barry University (43.56%) 30. University of Maine at Machias (43.46%) 31. University of the Incarnate Word (43.26%) 32. Lamar University (43.25%) 33. University of Massachusetts Boston (43.05%) 34. University of Bridgeport (42.43%) 35. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (42.4%) 36. Liberty University (42.4%) 37. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (42.35%) 38. Bethune-Cookman University (42.23%) 39. Texas A&M University-Commerce (42.03%) 40. Regent University (41.99%) 41. Texas Woman's University (41.58%) 42. Lincoln Memorial University (41.49%) 43. Sonoma State University (41.47%) 44. Morehead State University (41.42%) 45. Sam Houston State University (41.41%) 46. Florida International University (41.4%) 47. Montclair State University (41.24%) 48. San Diego State University (41.19%) 49. University of New Mexico (41.03%) 50. University of Wisconsin-Parkside (40.95%) 51. Shepherd University (40.86%) 52. University of California, Davis (40.83%) 53. The University of Texas at El Paso (40.64%) 54. University of New Orleans (40.64%) 55. Berea College (40.58%) 56. University of Houston (40.49%) 57. Florida Institute of Technology (40.13%) 58. Eastern Kentucky University (39.95%) 59. University of Alaska Fairbanks (39.88%) 60. Univ. of California, San Diego (39.57%) 61. The University of Texas at Tyler (39.12%) 62. Portland State University (39.11%) 63. University of Tennessee at Martin (39.11%) 64. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (39.1%) 65. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi (39.01%) 66. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (38.85%) 67. Arkansas State University (38.83%) 68. Texas Southern University (38.8%) 69. Florida Atlantic University (38.78%) 70. Northern Arizona University (38.69%) 71. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (38.49%) 72. University of Nevada, Reno (38.46%) 73. Loma Linda University (38.39%) 74. Cleveland State University (38.38%) 75. Northern Illinois University (38.33%) 76. Touro College (38.28%) 77. University of Michigan-Dearborn (38.18%) 78. Northern Kentucky University (38.13%) 79. Arizona State University (38.13%) 80. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (38.09%) 81. University of Louisiana at Monroe (38.01%) 82. Azusa Pacific University (37.98%) 83. University of Colorado Denver (37.94%) 84. University of Maryland, Baltimore (37.89%) 85. Washburn University (37.81%) 86. University of Missouri-St. Louis (37.8%) 87. East Tennessee State University (37.69%) 88. Wayne State University (37.6%) 89. Tennessee Tech University (37.56%) 90. The Sage Colleges (37.5%) 91. Tennessee State University (37.43%) 92. Marshall University (37.4%) 93. Nova Southeastern University (37.33%) 94. Metropolitan State University (37.13%) 95. Roosevelt University (36.84%) 96. University of Michigan-Flint (36.79%) 97. The University of Memphis (36.76%) 98. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (36.75%) 99. Florida A&M Univ. (36.59%) 100. Lycoming College (36.59%) 101. Middle Tennessee State University (36.44%) 102. University of Akron (36.36%) 103. Wichita State University (36.34%) 104. Baker University (36.29%) 105. Indiana State University (36.19%) 106. Stony Brook University (36.14%) 107. Idaho State University (36.06%) 108. Regis University (36.0%) 109. Kent State University (35.94%) 110. Texas State University (35.83%) 111. University of South Florida (35.75%) 112. Western Kentucky University (35.7%) 113. Long Island University (35.64%) 114. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (35.55%) 115. Delaware State University (35.5%) 116. Gardner-Webb University (35.47%) 117. Adelphi University (35.42%) 118. Stephen F. Austin State University (35.35%) 119. Ferris State University (35.3%) 120. Dillard University (35.29%) 121. University of Central Florida (35.26%) 122. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (35.25%) 123. Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth (35.19%) 124. University of Northern Colorado (35.17%) 125. Wright State University (35.13%) 126. Lindenwood University (35.09%) 127. Indiana/Purdue University (35.09%) 128. Rowan University (35.08%) 129. University of the Pacific (35.02%) 130. University of North Texas (34.8%) 131. University of Nebraska at Omaha (34.79%) 132. Carson-Newman University (34.66%) 133. Wilkes University (34.61%) 134. University of Central Arkansas (34.6%) 135. Rutgers University (34.58%) 136. University of California, Berkeley (34.58%) 137. Eastern Michigan University (34.42%) 138. New Jersey Institute of Technology (34.4%) 139. Benedictine University (34.32%) 140. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (34.12%) 141. Washington State University (34.09%) 142. Ohio University (33.87%) 143. Gallaudet University (33.86%) 144. University of Hawaii at Manoa (33.84%) 145. University of Missouri-Kansas City (33.7%) 146. Whittier College (33.53%) 147. Boise State University (33.47%) 148. University of Toledo (33.45%) 149. University of South Alabama (33.43%) 150. Old Dominion University (33.21%) 151. Morgan State University (33.1%) 152. Georgetown College (33.09%) 153. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (33.05%) 154. Thomas Jefferson University (32.98%) 155. University of Washington (32.73%) 156. University of Southern Mississippi (32.6%) 157. Union University (32.52%) 158. Oakland University (32.43%) 159. Texas Tech University (32.38%) 160. Georgia State University (32.32%) 161. Monmouth University (32.31%) 162. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (32.26%) 163. Missouri State University (32.26%) 164. Clark Atlanta University (32.25%) 165. Illinois Institute of Technology (32.24%) 166. Husson University (32.18%) 167. Jackson State University (31.97%) 168. University of West Georgia (31.88%) 169. Concordia University Wisconsin (31.84%) 170. University of Indianapolis (31.81%) 171. University of Idaho (31.79%) 172. University of Massachusetts Lowell (31.77%) 173. University of North Florida (31.71%) 174. St. John's University (31.65%) 175. Oregon Health & Science University (31.55%) 176. The University of Arizona (31.41%) 177. The University of Texas at Dallas (31.4%) 178. Oregon State University (31.37%) 179. Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs (31.34%) 180. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro (31.28%) 181. Louisiana Tech University (31.19%) 182. Campbell University (31.12%) 183. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (31.01%) 184. University of Cincinnati (30.98%) 185. Fort Lewis College (30.85%) 186. University of Florida (30.77%) 187. Valdosta State University (30.75%) 188. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle (30.69%) 189. University of Louisville (30.43%) 190. West Virginia University (30.39%) 191. Stanford University (30.34%) 192. Bowling Green State University (30.33%) 193. Linfield University (30.32%) 194. DePaul University (30.24%) 195. The University of Montana (30.23%) 196. University at Albany, SUNY (30.09%) 197. Widener University (30.04%) 198. Robert Morris University (30.02%) 199. George Mason University (29.99%) 200. Elizabethtown College (29.96%) 201. Texas A&M University (29.95%) 202. Pomona College (29.92%) 203. Tougaloo College (29.78%) 204. Chatham University (29.69%) 205. Suffolk University (29.65%) 206. Illinois State University (29.64%) 207. University of Wisconsin-Superior (29.59%) 208. Temple University (29.59%) 209. Maryville University (29.59%) 210. The University of Utah (29.44%) 211. Pace University (29.41%) 212. Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga (29.33%) 213. Central Michigan University (29.33%) 214. Western Michigan University (29.31%) 215. University of Findlay (29.31%) 216. Drexel University (29.23%) 217. Moravian College (29.21%) 218. Towson University (28.96%) 219. Valparaiso University (28.81%) 220. St. Catherine University (28.81%) 221. Penn State University (28.76%) 222. Lesley University (28.74%) 223. University of Detroit Mercy (28.71%) 224. University of Hartford (28.69%) 225. Oklahoma State University (28.63%) 226. Pacific University (28.57%) 227. The College of St. Scholastica (28.5%) 228. University of Oregon (28.45%) 229. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (28.4%) 230. The University of Oklahoma (28.37%) 231. Utah State University (28.36%) 232. Augusta University (28.32%) 233. Mercer University (28.2%) 234. North Carolina A&T State Univ. (28.09%) 235. Ripon College (28.08%) 236. University at Buffalo, SUNY (28.06%) 237. University of San Francisco (28.01%) 238. Albion College (27.98%) 239. Seton Hall University (27.9%) 240. Knox College (27.85%) 241. Princeton University (27.74%) 242. University of Wyoming (27.73%) 243. Ball State University (27.72%) 244. Shenandoah University (27.71%) 245. Loyola University Chicago (27.69%) 246. Florida State University (27.64%) 247. Virginia Commonwealth University (27.6%) 248. George Fox University (27.56%) 249. The University of Texas at Austin (27.52%) 250. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore (27.4%) 251. Grand Valley State University (27.33%) 252. Bellarmine University (27.26%) 253. Hartwick College (27.09%) 254. Kennesaw State University (26.94%) 255. Swarthmore College (26.88%) 256. Saint Vincent College (26.79%) 257. Oklahoma City University (26.79%) 258. Western Washington University (26.69%) 259. University of Connecticut (26.65%) 260. Louisiana State University (26.65%) 261. Fisk University (26.58%) 262. East Carolina University (26.46%) 263. University of Rhode Island (26.33%) 264. Guilford College (26.32%) 265. The Ohio State University (26.22%) 266. Gannon University (26.07%) 267. University of Arkansas (26.0%) 268. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (25.9%) 269. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (25.85%) 270. Hollins University (25.82%) 271. Harvard University (25.71%) 272. Mississippi College (25.67%) 273. Westminster College, Pennsylvania (25.54%) 274. Hanover College (25.32%) 275. St. John Fisher College (25.22%) 276. Spring Hill College (25.16%) 277. Georgia Southern University (25.1%) 278. Columbia University (25.05%) 279. Appalachian State University (25.01%) 280. Yale University (25.0%) 281. Univ. of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign (24.93%) 282. University of San Diego (24.86%) 283. Mississippi State University (24.86%) 284. Binghamton University, SUNY (24.84%) 285. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (24.81%) 286. University of Southern California (24.72%) 287. Lake Forest College (24.59%) 288. Western New England University (24.55%) 289. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (24.54%) 290. Drew University (24.5%) 291. Brigham Young University-Idaho (24.35%) 292. University of South Dakota (24.25%) 293. Colorado State University (24.21%) 294. Purchase College, SUNY (24.14%) 295. Howard University (23.64%) 296. Lipscomb University (23.57%) 297. Wittenberg University (23.57%) 298. Biola University (23.55%) 299. Hofstra University (23.53%) 300. Coe College (23.52%) 301. University of Mississippi (23.5%) 302. The University of Maine (23.41%) 303. Austin College (23.39%) 304. University of Kentucky (23.36%) 305. Simpson College (23.36%) 306. Montana State University (23.32%) 307. St. Mary's College of Maryland (23.28%) 308. Sweet Briar College (23.2%) 309. Pitzer College (23.0%) 310. Sacred Heart University (22.91%) 311. Seattle Pacific University (22.87%) 312. Miami University (22.86%) 313. The University of Tulsa (22.85%) 314. Earlham College (22.63%) 315. The University of Alabama (22.57%) 316. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech (22.49%) 317. University of Northern Iowa (22.49%) 318. Kansas State University (22.48%) 319. University of Maryland (22.43%) 320. Loyola Marymount University (22.4%) 321. Saint Louis University (22.36%) 322. University of Iowa (22.31%) 323. Augustana College (22.24%) 324. University of Kansas (22.22%) 325. Allegheny College (22.13%) 326. Indiana University Bloomington (22.11%) 327. University of New England (22.07%) 328. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (22.02%) 329. Meredith College (21.99%) 330. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville (21.84%) 331. Centenary College of Louisiana (21.83%) 332. Washington & Jefferson College (21.6%) 333. Susquehanna University (21.59%) 334. Middlebury College (21.57%) 335. Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst (21.55%) 336. Williams College (21.55%) 337. Ohio Wesleyan University (21.51%) 338. New York University (21.49%) 339. Central College (21.48%) 340. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. (21.41%) 341. Berklee College of Music (21.23%) 342. Agnes Scott College (21.2%) 343. University of Pittsburgh (20.97%) 344. Michigan State University (20.95%) 345. New College of Florida (20.94%) 346. Amherst College (20.85%) 347. James Madison University (20.83%) 348. Spelman College (20.71%) 349. Roanoke College (20.66%) 350. University of Michigan (20.57%) 351. Harding University (20.55%) 352. St. Norbert College (20.54%) 353. SUNY College of ESF (20.43%) 354. Texas Christian University (20.41%) 355. Warren Wilson College (20.4%) 356. Simmons University (20.39%) 357. Eckerd College (20.38%) 358. University of Colorado Boulder (20.36%) 359. Southwestern University (20.34%) 360. Centre College (20.26%) 361. University of Chicago (20.24%) 362. South Dakota State University (20.19%) 363. University of Miami (20.1%) 364. College of Charleston (20.06%) 365. University of Missouri (20.05%) 366. Juniata College (19.96%) 367. UNC Chapel Hill (19.94%) 368. Quinnipiac University (19.94%) 369. Oglethorpe University (19.92%) 370. Iowa State University (19.92%) 371. Saint Mary's College (19.8%) 372. Hampton University (19.75%) 373. Wesleyan University (19.6%) 374. Cornell College (19.58%) 375. University of South Carolina (19.53%) 376. Franklin and Marshall College (19.48%) 377. Rochester Institute of Technology (19.47%) 378. The New School (19.44%) 379. Seattle University (19.4%) 380. Marquette University (19.35%) 381. Beloit College (19.3%) 382. North Carolina State University (19.29%) 383. Loyola University New Orleans (19.28%) 384. Hendrix College (19.21%) 385. Willamette University (19.2%) 386. University of North Dakota (19.12%) 387. University of Denver (19.03%) 388. Mount Holyoke College (18.96%) 389. Syracuse University (18.87%) 390. Ursinus College (18.85%) 391. Marist College (18.84%) 392. Bowdoin College (18.84%) 393. University of Pennsylvania (18.76%) 394. University of Rochester (18.68%) 395. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (18.66%) 396. Bethel University (18.58%) 397. Purdue University (18.54%) 398. Michigan Technological University (18.54%) 399. Northeastern University (18.52%) 400. Smith College (18.51%) 401. Creighton University (18.38%) 402. University of Georgia (18.15%) 403. Colgate University (18.08%) 404. Tulane University (18.0%) 405. Chapman University (17.88%) 406. University of Mary (17.87%) 407. Trinity College (17.85%) 408. Virginia Tech (17.76%) 409. Illinois Wesleyan University (17.73%) 410. Fordham University (17.64%) 411. Savannah College of Art and Design (17.63%) 412. Pepperdine University (17.62%) 413. Goucher College (17.6%) 414. Occidental College (17.59%) 415. Colorado College (17.57%) 416. Grinnell College (17.56%) 417. University of New Hampshire (17.45%) 418. Lawrence University (17.39%) 419. Dartmouth College (17.36%) 420. Wartburg College (17.35%) 421. Lewis & Clark College (17.34%) 422. Duquesne University (17.3%) 423. North Dakota State University (17.28%) 424. Auburn University (17.26%) 425. Clemson University (17.25%) 426. Andrews University (17.21%) 427. Wellesley College (17.18%) 428. Denison University (17.12%) 429. Baylor University (17.11%) 430. University of Delaware (17.09%) 431. Brown University (17.04%) 432. Boston University (16.94%) 433. Gordon College (16.92%) 434. Lehigh University (16.88%) 435. Westmont College (16.88%) 436. University of Wisconsin-Madison (16.81%) 437. College of the Holy Cross (16.63%) 438. Santa Clara University (16.51%) 439. Stonehill College (16.39%) 440. Emory University (16.39%) 441. Transylvania University (16.36%) 442. DePauw University (16.35%) 443. Brandeis University (16.31%) 444. Clark University (16.3%) 445. Haverford College (16.21%) 446. George Washington University (16.07%) 447. Georgetown University (16.06%) 448. Washington College (16.04%) 449. Belmont University (15.85%) 450. University of Virginia (15.8%) 451. Davidson College (15.77%) 452. Muhlenberg College (15.77%) 453. Southern Methodist University (15.68%) 454. Carleton College (15.68%) 455. American University (15.63%) 456. Barnard College (15.57%) 457. Stevens Institute of Technology (15.49%) 458. Colorado School of Mines (15.45%) 459. Cornell University (15.42%) 460. Drake University (15.3%) 461. Tufts University (15.3%) 462. Clarkson University (15.29%) 463. Virginia Military Institute (15.25%) 464. Bryn Mawr College (15.16%) 465. Northwestern University (15.16%) 466. Bates College (15.09%) 467. Georgia Institute of Technology (14.92%) 468. Hope College (14.91%) 469. Babson College (14.88%) 470. Lafayette College (14.84%) 471. Skidmore College (14.83%) 472. Wheaton College, Massachusetts (14.71%) 473. Gustavus Adolphus College (14.66%) 474. William Marsh Rice University (14.48%) 475. Yeshiva University (14.39%) 476. The College of Wooster (14.33%) 477. Vassar College (14.18%) 478. Connecticut College (14.04%) 479. Hampshire College (13.9%) 480. Samford University (13.81%) 481. Brigham Young University (13.8%) 482. University of St. Thomas (13.77%) 483. Ithaca College (13.76%) 484. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (13.75%) 485. Gettysburg College (13.72%) 486. Kalamazoo College (13.7%) 487. Duke University (13.46%) 488. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (13.38%) 489. Gonzaga University (13.31%) 490. Hamilton College (13.29%) 491. Sewanee: University of the South (13.24%) 492. Calvin University (13.23%) 493. St. Lawrence University (13.19%) 494. Boston College (13.19%) 495. College of William & Mary (13.17%) 496. Johns Hopkins University (13.13%) 497. Saint Anselm College (13.08%) 498. Union College (13.0%) 499. St. Olaf College (12.87%) 500. Luther College (12.85%) 501. Macalester College (12.83%) 502. Rhodes College (12.78%) 503. Bennington College (12.6%) 504. Villanova University (12.57%) 505. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (12.5%) 506. Furman University (12.38%) 507. University of Puget Sound (12.32%) 508. University of Richmond (12.26%) 509. Vanderbilt University (12.23%) 510. Dickinson College (12.2%) 511. Bard College (12.17%) 512. Bucknell University (12.01%) 513. Wake Forest University (11.97%) 514. Saint Michael's College (11.72%) 515. Whitman College (11.68%) 516. University of Vermont (11.51%) 517. Washington University in St. Louis (11.41%) 518. Colby College (10.9%) 519. Case Western Reserve University (10.85%) 520. Sarah Lawrence College (10.78%) 521. Rhode Island School of Design (10.55%) 522. University of Dayton (10.24%) 523. University of Notre Dame (10.24%) 524. The Catholic University of America (10.13%) 525. Carnegie Mellon University (9.95%) 526. Elon University (9.09%) 527. Oberlin College (8.87%)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Harvey Mudd College (+482) N/A, Rank: 1, Expected: 4832. Wheaton College (+450) N/A, Rank: 91, Expected: 5413. Claremont McKenna College (+450) N/A, Rank: 4, Expected: 4544. Wabash College (+413) N/A, Rank: 44, Expected: 4575. Kenyon College (+406) N/A, Rank: 115, Expected: 5216. Washington and Lee University (+338) N/A, Rank: 191, Expected: 5297. Illinois Institute of Technology (+322) 32.24%, Rank: 171, Expected: 4938. Wofford College (+273) N/A, Rank: 240, Expected: 5139. Hampden-Sydney College (+257) N/A, Rank: 40, Expected: 29710. Berea College (+237) 40.58%, Rank: 59, Expected: 296
Suprisingly Weak
1. Hampton University (-328) 19.75%, Rank: 382, Expected: 542. United States Military Academy (-274) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 2703. Andrews University (-269) 17.21%, Rank: 437, Expected: 1684. Georgia Institute of Technology (-266) 14.92%, Rank: 478, Expected: 2125. University of Mary (-229) 17.87%, Rank: 417, Expected: 1886. Binghamton University, SUNY (-226) 24.84%, Rank: 292, Expected: 667. Fisk University (-225) 26.58%, Rank: 269, Expected: 448. Grove City College (-220) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 3249. Savannah College of Art and Design (-191) 17.63%, Rank: 422, Expected: 23110. Gordon College (-187) 16.92%, Rank: 444, Expected: 257
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