Chetty College Mobility

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Elite colleges that enroll the highest percentage of low- and middle-income students

Colleges with the highest mobility rate, from the bottom 40 percent to the top 40 percent

CollegePct. from bottom 40%Success rate‘Mobility’
1.Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology66.066.443.9
2.City College of New York60.562.938.1
3.Texas A&M International University60.762.437.9
4.Lehman College64.657.036.8
5.Bernard M. Baruch College52.369.236.2
6.California State University, Los Angeles59.660.035.7
7.Crimson Technical College55.464.135.5
8.University of Texas-Pan American64.053.534.2
9.New York City College of Technology66.250.933.7
10.John Jay College of Criminal Justice54.461.133.2
11.York College62.050.931.6
12.Technical Career Institutes72.742.631.0
13.South Texas College79.138.530.4
14.University of Texas at Brownsville74.039.929.5
15.Mount St. Mary's College47.361.529.1
16.Hostos Community College76.537.929.0
17.Bronx Community College71.040.929.0
18.LaGuardia Community College65.943.928.9
19.Cuny Borough of Manhattan Community College65.643.428.5
20.Medgar Evers College65.643.128.3
21.University of Texas at El Paso52.953.028.0
22.Berkeley College (N.Y.)53.652.328.0
23.Hunter College46.160.728.0
24.Bloomfield College57.648.027.6
25.California State University, Dominguez Hills50.754.427.6
26.Laredo Community College71.737.827.1
27.Wood Tobe, Coburn School69.538.526.7
28.Saint Thomas University59.644.826.7
29.Western Technical College (Tex.)76.234.826.5
30.Dillard University53.549.126.3
31.Sul Ross State University49.952.626.2
32.Our Lady of the Lake University (Tex.)49.352.625.9
33.Southwest Texas Junior College69.637.225.9
34.Brooklyn College45.556.725.8
35.Hallmark College of Technology58.244.325.8
36.SUNY Old Westbury48.551.725.1
37.Claflin University64.338.925.0
38.Texas A&M University, Kingsville48.351.825.0
39.Boricua College73.733.424.6
40.Southern University and A&M at Baton Rouge57.243.024.6
41.Texas State Technical College Harlingen70.934.324.3
42.Pace University34.470.524.3
43.Stony Brook University33.971.424.2
44.ITI Technical College41.458.324.1
45.New Jersey City University44.454.024.0
46.Grambling State University64.137.323.9
47.Queensborough Community College53.244.923.9
48.Miami Dade Community Colleges58.940.423.8
49.El Paso Community College69.734.123.8
50.Glendale Community College54.443.223.5
51.Lincoln University (Pa.)49.247.723.4
52.Saint Peter's University41.856.123.4
53.Tulsa Welding School53.043.823.2
54.Florida Memorial University65.035.423.0
55.South Carolina State University55.441.523.0
56.California State University, Northridge39.458.323.0
57.Winston-Salem State University50.745.323.0
58.Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University50.345.622.9
59.Queens College39.857.522.9
60.Kingsborough Commmunity College54.541.822.8
61.Jackson State University59.338.422.8
62.University of Maryland University College41.654.422.7
63.Hohokus School - Rets/Nutley57.039.522.5
64.Coyne College52.642.622.4
65.University of the District of Columbia56.439.722.4
66.Monroe College76.729.122.3
67.Saint Francis College32.069.622.3
68.University of Houston36.161.322.1
69.Dickinson State University36.960.022.1
70.The College of New Rochelle56.638.922.0
71.Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University50.843.322.0
72.Xavier University of Louisiana37.558.522.0
73.Albany State University51.542.621.9
74.Berkeley College (N.J.)44.449.321.9
75.Saint John's University (N.Y.)33.165.821.8
76.Florida International University34.163.821.8
77.Tennessee State University44.848.521.7
78.Woodbury University39.255.421.7
79.Norfolk State University48.145.121.7
80.Central Texas College District43.949.221.6
81.Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology35.161.121.5
82.New Mexico Highlands University49.243.621.5
83.Virginia State University44.648.121.4
84.Tuskegee University42.949.921.4
85.Chicago State University52.740.621.4
86.Bennett College44.847.621.3
87.Cheyney University of Pennsylvania60.435.021.2
88.Long Island University40.252.621.1
89.North Carolina Central University50.441.821.1
90.American Career College (Los Angeles)69.930.121.0
91.Hudson County Community College67.331.221.0
92.Los Angeles Community College District54.638.421.0
93.California State Polytechnic University, Pomona30.368.920.9
94.University of California, Riverside31.566.120.8
95.Devry University, Devry Institute of Technology and Denver Technical College41.050.820.8
96.Elizabeth City State University56.836.720.8
97.Southern University at New Orleans66.631.120.7
98.Pasadena City College51.140.520.7
99.California State University, Bakersfield34.260.520.7
100.Roxbury Community College68.830.020.7

Success rate measures the percent of lower-income students who ended up in the top 40 percent. Data here comes from the 1980-82 cohort, roughly the college classes of 2002-4. By this stage in life, income ranks are relatively stable.