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Economic diversity and student outcomes at
Hamilton, New York
The median family income of a student from Colgate is $270,200, and 77% come from the top 20 percent. Less than 1% of students at Colgate came from a poor family but became a rich adult.
A new study, based on millions of anonymous tax records, shows that some colleges are even more economically segregated than previously understood, while others are associated with income mobility.
Below, estimates of how Colgate compares with its peer schools in economic diversity and student outcomes.
AccessWhat kind of students attend Colgate
Among the lowest About typical Among the highest
| In the Patriot League | In New York | Among Other elite schools (public and private) colleges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median family income | $270,200 | |||
| Average income percentile | 84th | |||
| Share of students from top 0.1% | 2.9% | |||
| ...from top 1% | 23% | |||
| ...from top 5% | 58% | |||
| ...from top 10% | 66% | |||
| ...from top 20% | 77% | |||
| ...from bottom 20% | 2.5% |
OutcomesHow Colgate students fare later in life
Among the lowest About typical Among the highest
| In the Patriot League | In New York | Among Other elite schools (public and private) colleges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median individual income at age 34 | $71,500 | |||
| ...for men | $83,300 | |||
| ...for women | $61,800 | |||
| Average income percentile | 76th | |||
| Share who end up in the top 1% | 13% | |||
| ...in the top 5% | 33% | |||
| ...in the top 10% | 46% | |||
| ...in the top 20% | 61% | |||
| ...in the bottom 20% | 6.9% | |||
| Avg. income percentile of a poor student | 69th | |||
| ...of a rich student | 78th | |||
| Pct. married in 2014 | 62% |
MobilityShare of students at Colgate who ...
Among the lowest About typical Among the highest
| In the Patriot League | In New York | Among Other elite schools (public and private) colleges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moved up two or more income quintiles | 9.8% | |||
| Moved from the bottom to top income quintile | <1% |
College by collegeComparing Colgate with its peers
Median parent income
For students born in 1991, approximately the class of 2013, in 2015 dollars.
2nd out of 65 Other elite colleges
No data available for Colgate.
No. 1
WashU
$272,000
No. 2
Colgate
$270,200
No. 3
Washington and Lee
$261,000
No. 4
Middlebury
$244,300
No. 5
Colby
$236,100
No. 6
Georgetown
$229,100
No. 7
Bates
$226,500
No. 8
Tufts
$224,800
No. 9
Wake Forest
$221,500
No. 10
Davidson
$213,900
No. 11
Kenyon
$213,500
No. 12
Franklin & Marshall
$212,100
No. 13
Hamilton
$208,600
No. 14
Lafayette
$205,600
No. 15
Vanderbilt
$204,500
No. 16
Bucknell
$204,200
No. 17
Claremont McKenna
$201,300
No. 18
Conn College
$197,800
No. 19
Bowdoin
$195,900
No. 20
Villanova
$195,800
No. 21
Boston College
$194,100
Chance a poor student has to become a rich adult
The share of children who were from the bottom fifth of incomes as students and moved to the top fifth as adults.
54th out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Colgate.
No. 34
Brandeis
51%
No. 35
Conn College
51%
No. 36
Emory
50%
No. 37
College of New Jersey
50%
No. 38
Scripps
49%
No. 39
Swarthmore
49%
No. 40
Rice
49%
No. 41
Holy Cross
49%
No. 42
Wesleyan
47%
No. 43
Amherst
46%
No. 44
Wellesley
44%
No. 45
George Washington
42%
No. 46
Bowdoin
42%
No. 47
Bates
41%
No. 48
Wake Forest
40%
No. 49
University of Miami
40%
No. 50
Haverford
39%
No. 51
Occidental
39%
No. 52
William & Mary
39%
No. 53
University of Richmond
37%
No. 54
Colgate
37%
No. 55
Bryn Mawr
35%
No. 56
U.N.C.-Chapel Hill
33%
No. 57
Whitman
33%
No. 58
Vassar
33%
No. 59
Williams
31%
No. 60
Kenyon
30%
No. 61
Oberlin
30%
No. 62
Davidson
30%
No. 63
Macalester
29%
No. 64
Reed
27%
Highest
Rose-Hulman 78%
Lowest (No. 64)
Reed 27%
Median student income at age 34
Incomes continue to grow, but the relative ranks remain roughly stable after this age.
21st out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Colgate.
No. 1
Georgetown
$84,400
No. 2
R.P.I.
$84,100
No. 3
Rose-Hulman
$83,600
No. 4
Caltech
$83,000
No. 5
Harvey Mudd
$82,400
No. 6
Lehigh
$81,200
No. 7
Notre Dame
$78,800
No. 8
Carnegie Mellon
$78,400
No. 9
Villanova
$78,300
No. 10
Washington and Lee
$78,200
No. 11
Rice
$76,700
No. 12
Lafayette
$75,300
No. 13
Johns Hopkins
$75,000
No. 14
Case Western Reserve
$73,400
No. 15
Tufts
$73,100
No. 16
Vanderbilt
$72,800
No. 17
Northwestern University
$72,600
No. 18
Holy Cross
$71,900
No. 19
Boston College
$71,800
No. 19
Bucknell
$71,800
No. 21
Colgate
$71,500
No. 21
Wake Forest
$71,500
No. 23
Virginia
$71,200
No. 24
Claremont McKenna
$69,900
No. 25
University of Richmond
$69,600
No. 26
Amherst
$69,300
No. 27
Emory
$67,800
No. 28
WashU
$67,500
No. 29
U.C.L.A.
$65,800
No. 30
Cooper Union
$64,300
No. 31
George Washington
$63,900
No. 32
U.S.C.
$63,700
No. 33
Brandeis
$63,100
No. 34
Williams
$62,600
No. 35
University of Rochester
$62,000
No. 35
Pomona
$62,000
No. 37
Middlebury
$61,800
No. 38
Bowdoin
$61,000
No. 39
Davidson
$60,300
No. 39
Hamilton
$60,300
Highest
Georgetown $84,400
Lowest (No. 64)
Reed $36,900
Overall mobility index
This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at Colgate moved up two or more income quintiles.
48th out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Colgate.
No. 28
College of New Jersey
13%
No. 29
Bucknell
12%
No. 30
Tufts
12%
No. 31
U.N.C.-Chapel Hill
12%
No. 32
Haverford
11%
No. 33
Reed
11%
No. 34
Lafayette
11%
No. 35
Wesleyan
11%
No. 36
Vanderbilt
11%
No. 37
Georgetown
11%
No. 38
Boston College
11%
No. 39
Pomona
11%
No. 40
Northwestern University
11%
No. 41
Oberlin
11%
No. 42
Virginia
11%
No. 43
Hamilton
11%
No. 44
Villanova
11%
No. 45
Bowdoin
10%
No. 46
Holy Cross
10%
No. 47
Conn College
10%
No. 48
Colgate
9.8%
No. 49
Williams
9.3%
No. 50
Vassar
9%
No. 51
WashU
9%
No. 52
Wake Forest
8.6%
No. 53
Carleton
8.6%
No. 54
Franklin & Marshall
8.4%
No. 55
William & Mary
8.2%
No. 56
Bates
8.1%
No. 57
Middlebury
7.9%
No. 58
Notre Dame
7.9%
No. 59
Whitman
7.4%
No. 60
Davidson
7.4%
No. 61
Kenyon
7.4%
No. 62
University of Richmond
7.3%
No. 63
Colby
7.1%
No. 64
Washington and Lee
5.4%
Highest
U.C.L.A. 24%
Lowest (No. 64)
Washington and Lee 5.4%
Married in 2014
For students born between 1980-82, roughly the college class of 2002.
17th out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Colgate.
No. 1
Rose-Hulman
69%
No. 2
Notre Dame
68%
No. 3
Washington and Lee
67%
No. 4
University of Richmond
67%
No. 5
Bucknell
65%
No. 6
Wake Forest
65%
No. 7
Davidson
65%
No. 8
Lafayette
64%
No. 9
Holy Cross
64%
No. 10
Villanova
64%
No. 11
Vanderbilt
64%
No. 12
U.N.C.-Chapel Hill
63%
No. 13
Lehigh
63%
No. 14
College of New Jersey
63%
No. 15
Virginia
63%
No. 16
Case Western Reserve
62%
No. 17
Colgate
62%
No. 18
William & Mary
61%
No. 19
Colby
61%
No. 20
Middlebury
60%
No. 21
Bowdoin
60%
No. 22
Boston College
60%
No. 23
Rice
60%
No. 24
Hamilton
59%
No. 25
WashU
59%
No. 26
Bates
59%
No. 27
Tufts
59%
No. 28
Northwestern University
58%
No. 29
R.P.I.
58%
No. 30
Brandeis
58%
No. 31
Emory
58%
No. 32
Whitman
58%
No. 33
Conn College
58%
No. 34
Claremont McKenna
58%
No. 35
Williams
57%
No. 36
University of Rochester
57%
Highest
Rose-Hulman 69%
Lowest (No. 64)
Vassar 43%
Family income vs. student income at age 34
The chart below shows how Colgate and its peer schools are comparing with the remaining schools analyzed in the study. You can click on any point in the chart to navigate to that school.
How access at Colgate has changed
Peer schools are shown in yellow
Students from...
Bottom 60%
Top 20%
Top 10%
Top 1%
Note: Colgate University includes data for the following colleges:
The estimates presented here are based on millions of anonymous tax filings and tuition records. These statistics cover only schools that participate in Title IV federal funding, which excludes the military academies and certain other colleges.
Measures of access are for students born in 1991, roughly the class of 2013; measures of outcomes and mobility are for students born between 1980 and 1982, who are around age 35, when relative income ranks stabilizes.
Class size figures represent the number of students in the study who were born in 1991: approximately the class of 2013 or today's 25-year-olds. This measure does not include international students or students who could not be linked to their parents' tax returns.
The athletic conferences listed here are meant to be a helpful way to compare colleges with their peers. They are incomplete for some conferences. Only one conference is displayed for each college.
Source: “Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility”, by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Emmanuel Saez, Nicholas Turner and Danny Yagan, The Equality of Opportunity Project
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