This statistic shows the ten colleges in the United States that had the highest ratio of students in, or came from families in, the top 1 percent of income to students from the bottom 60 percent of incomes. The statistic is based on the 1991 cohort and therefore is approximate to the class of 2013. In the 1991 cohort, Washington University in St. Louis had 3.56 students from the 1 percent for every student from the bottom 60 percent.
U.S. colleges with the highest ratio of students from the top 1 percent to bottom 60 percent for class of 2013
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Ratio of the top 1% to bottom 60%
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New York Times. (January 18, 2017). U.S. colleges with the highest ratio of students from the top 1 percent to bottom 60 percent for class of 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/686293/colleges-with-most-high-income-students-as-ratio-to-low-income/
New York Times. "U.S. colleges with the highest ratio of students from the top 1 percent to bottom 60 percent for class of 2013." Chart. January 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/686293/colleges-with-most-high-income-students-as-ratio-to-low-income/
New York Times. (2017). U.S. colleges with the highest ratio of students from the top 1 percent to bottom 60 percent for class of 2013. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/686293/colleges-with-most-high-income-students-as-ratio-to-low-income/
New York Times. "U.S. Colleges with The Highest Ratio of Students from The Top 1 Percent to Bottom 60 Percent for Class of 2013." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/686293/colleges-with-most-high-income-students-as-ratio-to-low-income/
New York Times, U.S. colleges with the highest ratio of students from the top 1 percent to bottom 60 percent for class of 2013 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/686293/colleges-with-most-high-income-students-as-ratio-to-low-income/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
U.S. colleges with the highest ratio of students from the top 1 percent to bottom 60 percent for class of 2013 [Graph], New York Times, January 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/686293/colleges-with-most-high-income-students-as-ratio-to-low-income/
