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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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 December 21, 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 December 21, 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: December 21, 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/
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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/
