Fewer Low-Income Students Attending Colleges Best-Suited for Upward Mobility

Fewer Low-Income Students Attending Colleges Best-Suited for Upward Mobility

Education Dive / July 26, 2017
fewer low-income students attending colleges

Students from low- and high-income backgrounds tend to have similar outcomes in earnings if they attend the same school. Education Dive measures how colleges affect intergenerational mobility among students, finding that the highest rates of upward mobility for students graduating tend to be at "mid-tier public universities" like the City University of New York or California State colleges and universities.

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