Highest Social Mobility Rate1. Lehman College, CUNY (10.24%) 2. Pace University (8.43%) 3. Stony Brook University (8.41%) 4. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (7.65%) 5. Cal. State, Pomona (6.83%) 6. The University of Texas at El Paso (6.82%) 7. St. John's University (6.8%) 8. University of California, Irvine (6.77%) 9. New Jersey Institute of Technology (6.47%) 10. Cal. State, Northridge (6.32%) 11. Univ. of California, Riverside (6.02%) 12. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (5.6%) 13. San José State University (5.43%) 14. Texas A&M University-Kingsville (5.29%) 15. Florida International University (5.22%) 16. Binghamton University, SUNY (5.09%) 17. Dillard University (5.03%) 18. University of California, Berkeley (4.89%) 19. Univ. of California, San Diego (4.83%) 20. Cal. State, Fullerton (4.8%) 21. University of California, Davis (4.44%) 22. Cal. State, Long Beach (4.43%) 23. Cal. State, San Bernardino (4.4%) 24. Stevens Institute of Technology (4.29%) 25. University of the Pacific (4.25%) 26. Cal. State, Fresno (4.19%) 27. Howard University (4.0%) 28. Fordham University (3.98%) 29. University of Southern California (3.93%) 30. San Diego State University (3.66%) 31. University of Louisiana at Monroe (3.66%) 32. Illinois Institute of Technology (3.63%) 33. University of La Verne (3.63%) 34. New York University (3.63%) 35. University at Albany, SUNY (3.62%) 36. Barry University (3.57%) 37. San Francisco State University (3.5%) 38. University at Buffalo, SUNY (3.47%) 39. Barnard College (3.45%) 40. Texas Southern University (3.41%) 41. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (3.4%) 42. Occidental College (3.34%) 43. Cal. State, Sacramento (3.33%) 44. Temple University (3.3%) 45. Clark Atlanta University (3.3%) 46. Spelman College (3.29%) 47. Rochester Institute of Technology (3.27%) 48. Florida A&M Univ. (3.27%) 49. Nova Southeastern University (3.26%) 50. Adelphi University (3.26%) 51. Seton Hall University (3.18%) 52. New Mexico State University (3.18%) 53. California Institute of Technology (3.18%) 54. Roosevelt University (3.18%) 55. Montclair State University (3.17%) 56. George Mason University (3.09%) 57. Campbell University (3.09%) 58. Loyola University Chicago (3.08%) 59. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (3.08%) 60. Columbia University (3.07%) 61. Florida Atlantic University (3.07%) 62. University of New Orleans (3.07%) 63. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3.05%) 64. University of Rochester (3.02%) 65. Hofstra University (2.99%) 66. University of Miami (2.98%) 67. Jackson State University (2.97%) 68. Clarkson University (2.97%) 69. Claremont McKenna College (2.96%) 70. Whittier College (2.96%) 71. Tennessee State University (2.94%) 72. Syracuse University (2.94%) 73. Harvey Mudd College (2.92%) 74. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (2.92%) 75. The New School (2.9%) 76. Lamar University (2.9%) 77. University of Bridgeport (2.89%) 78. Wilkes University (2.88%) 79. DePaul University (2.86%) 80. University of the Incarnate Word (2.83%) 81. Babson College (2.8%) 82. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (2.77%) 83. North Carolina A&T State Univ. (2.71%) 84. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (2.71%) 85. University of San Francisco (2.71%) 86. Suffolk University (2.68%) 87. University of Texas at Arlington (2.6%) 88. Mount Holyoke College (2.6%) 89. University of Central Florida (2.6%) 90. Spring Hill College (2.6%) 91. Texas Woman's University (2.53%) 92. Robert Morris University (2.52%) 93. Scripps College (2.52%) 94. Colorado School of Mines (2.49%) 95. Loyola Marymount University (2.46%) 96. Wayne State University (2.45%) 97. The University of Texas at Dallas (2.43%) 98. University of Mary (2.43%) 99. Wellesley College (2.41%) 100. Andrews University (2.4%) 101. University of Michigan-Dearborn (2.38%) 102. Old Dominion University (2.37%) 103. Arkansas State University (2.36%) 104. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (2.35%) 105. University of Arkansas (2.35%) 106. Oglethorpe University (2.34%) 107. Simmons University (2.32%) 108. Drew University (2.31%) 109. University of San Diego (2.3%) 110. Hamilton College (2.3%) 111. Tennessee Tech University (2.3%) 112. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi (2.3%) 113. Swarthmore College (2.29%) 114. Austin College (2.28%) 115. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (2.25%) 116. Santa Clara University (2.25%) 117. Stanford University (2.25%) 118. Clark University (2.24%) 119. The University of Texas at Austin (2.22%) 120. Louisiana Tech University (2.22%) 121. Pitzer College (2.21%) 122. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2.19%) 123. The College of St. Scholastica (2.19%) 124. Carnegie Mellon University (2.19%) 125. Goucher College (2.18%) 126. Juniata College (2.18%) 127. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2.18%) 128. Florida State University (2.16%) 129. Bethune-Cookman University (2.16%) 130. George Washington University (2.16%) 131. University of Central Arkansas (2.15%) 132. Johns Hopkins University (2.15%) 133. University of Southern Mississippi (2.14%) 134. Mercer University (2.14%) 135. Hampton University (2.14%) 136. The University of Texas at Tyler (2.14%) 137. Tufts University (2.13%) 138. Lincoln Memorial University (2.1%) 139. Yale University (2.08%) 140. Monmouth University (2.07%) 141. St. Lawrence University (2.06%) 142. Sam Houston State University (2.06%) 143. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (2.06%) 144. University of Pennsylvania (2.05%) 145. St. Catherine University (2.05%) 146. Brandeis University (2.04%) 147. The Sage Colleges (2.03%) 148. Boston University (2.02%) 149. Western New England University (2.02%) 150. Widener University (2.01%) 151. Portland State University (2.01%) 152. Oklahoma State University (2.0%) 153. Virginia Military Institute (1.99%) 154. Trinity College (1.99%) 155. Union University (1.98%) 156. Skidmore College (1.98%) 157. Wesleyan University (1.96%) 158. Amherst College (1.96%) 159. Stephen F. Austin State University (1.96%) 160. Husson University (1.96%) 161. California State University, Chico (1.96%) 162. University of South Alabama (1.95%) 163. Sacred Heart University (1.95%) 164. Pomona College (1.95%) 165. Georgetown University (1.95%) 166. University of Chicago (1.94%) 167. Union College (1.93%) 168. Texas A&M University-Commerce (1.93%) 169. The University of Oklahoma (1.92%) 170. Virginia Commonwealth University (1.92%) 171. St. John Fisher College (1.9%) 172. Seattle University (1.9%) 173. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (1.89%) 174. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1.89%) 175. Smith College (1.88%) 176. Lehigh University (1.87%) 177. Pepperdine University (1.86%) 178. University of Detroit Mercy (1.86%) 179. Georgia Institute of Technology (1.86%) 180. Purchase College, SUNY (1.84%) 181. Westminster College, Pennsylvania (1.84%) 182. Willamette University (1.84%) 183. Bryn Mawr College (1.83%) 184. Colorado College (1.82%) 185. Rowan University (1.82%) 186. Biola University (1.8%) 187. Haverford College (1.8%) 188. Lake Forest College (1.79%) 189. Case Western Reserve University (1.79%) 190. Mississippi State University (1.77%) 191. Southern Methodist University (1.77%) 192. Keiser University (1.75%) 193. Drake University (1.75%) 194. Michigan Technological University (1.75%) 195. Ohio Wesleyan University (1.75%) 196. Colorado Technical University (1.74%) 197. Wabash College (1.73%) 198. Sonoma State University (1.73%) 199. Duquesne University (1.72%) 200. Marist College (1.72%) 201. Wheaton College (1.71%) 202. Morehead State University (1.71%) 203. Chapman University (1.7%) 204. Ferris State University (1.7%) 205. Northwestern University (1.69%) 206. University of North Florida (1.69%) 207. North Dakota State University (1.69%) 208. Georgia Southern University (1.68%) 209. Hartwick College (1.66%) 210. Marshall University (1.66%) 211. St John's College (1.65%) 212. University of Mississippi (1.65%) 213. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (1.64%) 214. Northern Illinois University (1.63%) 215. Chatham University (1.63%) 216. Lafayette College (1.63%) 217. Humboldt State University (1.63%) 218. University of Michigan-Flint (1.62%) 219. The University of Alabama (1.62%) 220. Cleveland State University (1.61%) 221. William Marsh Rice University (1.6%) 222. Boston College (1.6%) 223. Duke University (1.6%) 224. Creighton University (1.6%) 225. University of Rhode Island (1.59%) 226. Connecticut College (1.58%) 227. Regis University (1.58%) 228. University of North Dakota (1.57%) 229. Coe College (1.56%) 230. Loyola University New Orleans (1.56%) 231. Texas Tech University (1.55%) 232. Brown University (1.55%) 233. Transylvania University (1.55%) 234. Ripon College (1.55%) 235. Bard College (1.53%) 236. Carson-Newman University (1.53%) 237. University of Idaho (1.53%) 238. Eastern Kentucky University (1.52%) 239. Azusa Pacific University (1.52%) 240. University of Michigan (1.51%) 241. University of Wyoming (1.51%) 242. Yeshiva University (1.5%) 243. East Tennessee State University (1.5%) 244. Centenary College of Louisiana (1.5%) 245. Texas State University (1.49%) 246. Washington State University (1.48%) 247. Oklahoma City University (1.48%) 248. Montana State University (1.48%) 249. Agnes Scott College (1.47%) 250. Vanderbilt University (1.47%) 251. University of West Georgia (1.46%) 252. Georgetown College (1.46%) 253. University of North Texas (1.46%) 254. University of Virginia (1.46%) 255. Bucknell University (1.46%) 256. Grinnell College (1.46%) 257. Southern New Hampshire University (1.44%) 258. Gannon University (1.44%) 259. Texas A&M University (1.43%) 260. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1.42%) 261. University of Oregon (1.42%) 262. University of Denver (1.41%) 263. Western Kentucky University (1.41%) 264. Macalester College (1.39%) 265. Michigan State University (1.39%) 266. Moravian College (1.38%) 267. Ithaca College (1.38%) 268. Washington & Jefferson College (1.38%) 269. Dartmouth College (1.38%) 270. Baylor University (1.37%) 271. Carleton College (1.37%) 272. Lewis & Clark College (1.36%) 273. Pacific University (1.36%) 274. Virginia Tech (1.35%) 275. North Carolina State University (1.35%) 276. Seattle Pacific University (1.35%) 277. Princeton University (1.35%) 278. Allegheny College (1.34%) 279. Rhode Island School of Design (1.34%) 280. Saint Louis University (1.33%) 281. University of Hartford (1.32%) 282. Villanova University (1.32%) 283. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (1.31%) 284. Iowa State University (1.31%) 285. The University of Montana (1.3%) 286. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle (1.3%) 287. Valdosta State University (1.29%) 288. American University (1.28%) 289. Maryville University (1.28%) 290. Baker University (1.28%) 291. Meredith College (1.28%) 292. Boise State University (1.28%) 293. Kansas State University (1.27%) 294. Middlebury College (1.27%) 295. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro (1.27%) 296. Lesley University (1.26%) 297. Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1.26%) 298. Rhodes College (1.26%) 299. Franklin and Marshall College (1.26%) 300. The University of Memphis (1.25%) 301. Oberlin College (1.25%) 302. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. (1.24%) 303. University of Louisville (1.23%) 304. Washington College (1.23%) 305. Simpson College (1.23%) 306. Gardner-Webb University (1.22%) 307. Sarah Lawrence College (1.22%) 308. Dickinson College (1.21%) 309. Wichita State University (1.21%) 310. Clemson University (1.2%) 311. Idaho State University (1.2%) 312. East Carolina University (1.19%) 313. Wofford College (1.18%) 314. Kennesaw State University (1.18%) 315. Mississippi College (1.18%) 316. University of Vermont (1.18%) 317. Eastern Michigan University (1.17%) 318. George Fox University (1.17%) 319. University of Nevada, Reno (1.17%) 320. Missouri State University (1.16%) 321. Lawrence University (1.15%) 322. UNC Chapel Hill (1.15%) 323. The University of Tulsa (1.15%) 324. Eckerd College (1.15%) 325. Marquette University (1.15%) 326. Reed College (1.14%) 327. The University of Utah (1.13%) 328. Western Washington University (1.13%) 329. University of Toledo (1.13%) 330. University of Northern Iowa (1.12%) 331. Colorado State University (1.12%) 332. Sewanee: University of the South (1.12%) 333. Benedictine University (1.11%) 334. Aurora University (1.1%) 335. Shepherd University (1.1%) 336. Middle Tennessee State University (1.1%) 337. Oakland University (1.1%) 338. Shenandoah University (1.1%) 339. Bowdoin College (1.09%) 340. Vassar College (1.09%) 341. Kalamazoo College (1.09%) 342. Westmont College (1.09%) 343. Knox College (1.08%) 344. Illinois State University (1.08%) 345. Illinois Wesleyan University (1.08%) 346. University of New England (1.07%) 347. Indiana State University (1.07%) 348. Auburn University (1.07%) 349. University of Georgia (1.06%) 350. Hollins University (1.06%) 351. Washington University in St. Louis (1.04%) 352. Central Michigan University (1.03%) 353. University of Northern Colorado (1.03%) 354. Muhlenberg College (1.03%) 355. Roanoke College (1.02%) 356. University of Iowa (1.01%) 357. Western Michigan University (1.01%) 358. Purdue University (1.0%) 359. College of the Holy Cross (1.0%) 360. Augustana College (1.0%) 361. Williams College (0.99%) 362. Savannah College of Art and Design (0.98%) 363. Calvin University (0.98%) 364. Luther College (0.98%) 365. University of Findlay (0.98%) 366. University of St. Thomas (0.98%) 367. Saint Anselm College (0.97%) 368. University of Indianapolis (0.97%) 369. Ursinus College (0.97%) 370. University of Kentucky (0.96%) 371. University of Kansas (0.96%) 372. College of Charleston (0.95%) 373. Bellarmine University (0.94%) 374. Lindenwood University (0.94%) 375. Denison University (0.94%) 376. Northern Kentucky University (0.94%) 377. Elizabethtown College (0.93%) 378. Central College (0.93%) 379. Bennington College (0.93%) 380. Washburn University (0.92%) 381. DePauw University (0.91%) 382. Colby College (0.9%) 383. Beloit College (0.9%) 384. Quinnipiac University (0.9%) 385. University of Notre Dame (0.9%) 386. Whitman College (0.89%) 387. Colgate University (0.87%) 388. Cornell College (0.87%) 389. University of Delaware (0.87%) 390. Grand Canyon University (0.86%) 391. Fort Lewis College (0.85%) 392. Guilford College (0.84%) 393. Wilmington University (0.84%) 394. Saint Michael's College (0.83%) 395. Concordia University Wisconsin (0.82%) 396. Gettysburg College (0.82%) 397. Sweet Briar College (0.81%) 398. Valparaiso University (0.81%) 399. Gonzaga University (0.8%) 400. The Catholic University of America (0.8%) 401. Wittenberg University (0.8%) 402. Grand Valley State University (0.79%) 403. Miami University (0.78%) 404. Ball State University (0.77%) 405. St. Olaf College (0.77%) 406. Southwestern University (0.77%) 407. Wartburg College (0.76%) 408. Bates College (0.76%) 409. Brigham Young University-Idaho (0.75%) 410. James Madison University (0.75%) 411. Harding University (0.75%) 412. Hampshire College (0.74%) 413. University of Puget Sound (0.74%) 414. Bowling Green State University (0.73%) 415. Susquehanna University (0.73%) 416. Wake Forest University (0.72%) 417. Berklee College of Music (0.72%) 418. Samford University (0.72%) 419. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (0.71%) 420. The College of Wooster (0.71%) 421. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville (0.7%) 422. Furman University (0.69%) 423. Centre College (0.69%) 424. Albion College (0.68%) 425. Gustavus Adolphus College (0.67%) 426. Brigham Young University (0.65%) 427. Utah State University (0.65%) 428. University of Dayton (0.65%) 429. Hampden-Sydney College (0.65%) 430. Kenyon College (0.64%) 431. University of Richmond (0.64%) 432. Elon University (0.64%) 433. Warren Wilson College (0.63%) 434. Stonehill College (0.63%) 435. Hendrix College (0.62%) 436. Saint Mary's College (0.62%) 437. Lipscomb University (0.62%) 438. Gordon College (0.6%) 439. Belmont University (0.58%) 440. Washington and Lee University (0.57%) 441. Gallaudet University (0.57%) 442. Appalachian State University (0.54%) 443. St. Norbert College (0.53%) 444. Hope College (0.53%) 445. College of William & Mary (0.52%) 446. Lycoming College (0.46%) 447. Hanover College (0.42%) 448. Davidson College (0.41%) 449. Earlham College (0.24%)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Campbell University (+471) 3.09%, Rank: 57, Expected: 5282. Juniata College (+412) 2.18%, Rank: 126, Expected: 5383. Hamilton College (+412) 2.3%, Rank: 110, Expected: 5224. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (+383) 2.19%, Rank: 122, Expected: 5055. Austin College (+377) 2.28%, Rank: 114, Expected: 4916. Wilkes University (+356) 2.88%, Rank: 78, Expected: 4347. The College of St. Scholastica (+352) 2.19%, Rank: 123, Expected: 4758. St. John Fisher College (+349) 1.9%, Rank: 171, Expected: 5209. St. Lawrence University (+345) 2.06%, Rank: 141, Expected: 48610. Wheaton College (+339) 1.71%, Rank: 201, Expected: 540
Suprisingly Weak
1. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore (-542) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 22. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (-538) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 63. University of Illinois at Chicago (-524) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 204. University of Hawaii at Manoa (-522) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 225. University of Connecticut (-518) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 266. University of California, Merced (-516) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 287. Drexel University (-515) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 298. Fisk University (-512) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 329. Thomas Jefferson University (-510) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 3410. Delaware State University (-497) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 47
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