Skiena Rankings
Highest First Generation %1. Cal. State, San Bernardino (59.69%)
2. University of California, Merced (57.41%)
3. Colorado Technical University (54.59%)
4. Cal. State, Northridge (53.87%)
5. Cal. State, Fresno (53.25%)
6. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (52.6%)
7. Lehman College, CUNY (51.93%)
8. University of La Verne (50.62%)
9. National Louis University (50.44%)
10. Cal. State, Fullerton (49.45%)
11. Cal. State, Pomona (49.28%)
12. Cal. State, Sacramento (49.05%)
13. San José State University (49.05%)
14. Cal. State, Long Beach (48.63%)
15. Univ. of California, Riverside (48.35%)
16. Southern New Hampshire University (48.26%)
17. San Francisco State University (48.21%)
18. Keiser University (47.65%)
19. Grand Canyon University (47.44%)
20. California State University, Chico (47.34%)
21. Wilmington University (47.08%)
22. Texas A&M University-Kingsville (45.88%)
23. Aurora University (45.69%)
24. University of Illinois at Chicago (44.4%)
25. Humboldt State University (44.06%)
26. University of California, Irvine (43.98%)
27. University of Texas at Arlington (43.77%)
28. New Mexico State University (43.63%)
29. Barry University (43.56%)
30. University of Maine at Machias (43.46%)
31. University of the Incarnate Word (43.26%)
32. Lamar University (43.25%)
33. University of Massachusetts Boston (43.05%)
34. University of Bridgeport (42.43%)
35. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (42.4%)
36. Liberty University (42.4%)
37. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (42.35%)
38. Bethune-Cookman University (42.23%)
39. Texas A&M University-Commerce (42.03%)
40. Regent University (41.99%)
41. Texas Woman's University (41.58%)
42. Lincoln Memorial University (41.49%)
43. Sonoma State University (41.47%)
44. Morehead State University (41.42%)
45. Sam Houston State University (41.41%)
46. Florida International University (41.4%)
47. Montclair State University (41.24%)
48. San Diego State University (41.19%)
49. University of New Mexico (41.03%)
50. University of Wisconsin-Parkside (40.95%)
51. Shepherd University (40.86%)
52. University of California, Davis (40.83%)
53. The University of Texas at El Paso (40.64%)
54. University of New Orleans (40.64%)
55. Berea College (40.58%)
56. University of Houston (40.49%)
57. Florida Institute of Technology (40.13%)
58. Eastern Kentucky University (39.95%)
59. University of Alaska Fairbanks (39.88%)
60. Univ. of California, San Diego (39.57%)
61. The University of Texas at Tyler (39.12%)
62. Portland State University (39.11%)
63. University of Tennessee at Martin (39.11%)
64. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (39.1%)
65. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi (39.01%)
66. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (38.85%)
67. Arkansas State University (38.83%)
68. Texas Southern University (38.8%)
69. Florida Atlantic University (38.78%)
70. Northern Arizona University (38.69%)
71. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (38.49%)
72. University of Nevada, Reno (38.46%)
73. Loma Linda University (38.39%)
74. Cleveland State University (38.38%)
75. Northern Illinois University (38.33%)
76. Touro College (38.28%)
77. University of Michigan-Dearborn (38.18%)
78. Northern Kentucky University (38.13%)
79. Arizona State University (38.13%)
80. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (38.09%)
81. University of Louisiana at Monroe (38.01%)
82. Azusa Pacific University (37.98%)
83. University of Colorado Denver (37.94%)
84. University of Maryland, Baltimore (37.89%)
85. Washburn University (37.81%)
86. University of Missouri-St. Louis (37.8%)
87. East Tennessee State University (37.69%)
88. Wayne State University (37.6%)
89. Tennessee Tech University (37.56%)
90. The Sage Colleges (37.5%)
91. Tennessee State University (37.43%)
92. Marshall University (37.4%)
93. Nova Southeastern University (37.33%)
94. Metropolitan State University (37.13%)
95. Roosevelt University (36.84%)
96. University of Michigan-Flint (36.79%)
97. The University of Memphis (36.76%)
98. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (36.75%)
99. Florida A&M Univ. (36.59%)
100. Lycoming College (36.59%)
101. Middle Tennessee State University (36.44%)
102. University of Akron (36.36%)
103. Wichita State University (36.34%)
104. Baker University (36.29%)
105. Indiana State University (36.19%)
106. Stony Brook University (36.14%)
107. Idaho State University (36.06%)
108. Regis University (36.0%)
109. Kent State University (35.94%)
110. Texas State University (35.83%)
111. University of South Florida (35.75%)
112. Western Kentucky University (35.7%)
113. Long Island University (35.64%)
114. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (35.55%)
115. Delaware State University (35.5%)
116. Gardner-Webb University (35.47%)
117. Adelphi University (35.42%)
118. Stephen F. Austin State University (35.35%)
119. Ferris State University (35.3%)
120. Dillard University (35.29%)
121. University of Central Florida (35.26%)
122. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (35.25%)
123. Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth (35.19%)
124. University of Northern Colorado (35.17%)
125. Wright State University (35.13%)
126. Lindenwood University (35.09%)
127. Indiana/Purdue University (35.09%)
128. Rowan University (35.08%)
129. University of the Pacific (35.02%)
130. University of North Texas (34.8%)
131. University of Nebraska at Omaha (34.79%)
132. Carson-Newman University (34.66%)
133. Wilkes University (34.61%)
134. University of Central Arkansas (34.6%)
135. Rutgers University (34.58%)
136. University of California, Berkeley (34.58%)
137. Eastern Michigan University (34.42%)
138. New Jersey Institute of Technology (34.4%)
139. Benedictine University (34.32%)
140. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (34.12%)
141. Washington State University (34.09%)
142. Ohio University (33.87%)
143. Gallaudet University (33.86%)
144. University of Hawaii at Manoa (33.84%)
145. University of Missouri-Kansas City (33.7%)
146. Whittier College (33.53%)
147. Boise State University (33.47%)
148. University of Toledo (33.45%)
149. University of South Alabama (33.43%)
150. Old Dominion University (33.21%)
151. Morgan State University (33.1%)
152. Georgetown College (33.09%)
153. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (33.05%)
154. Thomas Jefferson University (32.98%)
155. University of Washington (32.73%)
156. University of Southern Mississippi (32.6%)
157. Union University (32.52%)
158. Oakland University (32.43%)
159. Texas Tech University (32.38%)
160. Georgia State University (32.32%)
161. Monmouth University (32.31%)
162. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (32.26%)
163. Missouri State University (32.26%)
164. Clark Atlanta University (32.25%)
165. Illinois Institute of Technology (32.24%)
166. Husson University (32.18%)
167. Jackson State University (31.97%)
168. University of West Georgia (31.88%)
169. Concordia University Wisconsin (31.84%)
170. University of Indianapolis (31.81%)
171. University of Idaho (31.79%)
172. University of Massachusetts Lowell (31.77%)
173. University of North Florida (31.71%)
174. St. John's University (31.65%)
175. Oregon Health & Science University (31.55%)
176. The University of Arizona (31.41%)
177. The University of Texas at Dallas (31.4%)
178. Oregon State University (31.37%)
179. Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs (31.34%)
180. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro (31.28%)
181. Louisiana Tech University (31.19%)
182. Campbell University (31.12%)
183. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (31.01%)
184. University of Cincinnati (30.98%)
185. Fort Lewis College (30.85%)
186. University of Florida (30.77%)
187. Valdosta State University (30.75%)
188. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle (30.69%)
189. University of Louisville (30.43%)
190. West Virginia University (30.39%)
191. Stanford University (30.34%)
192. Bowling Green State University (30.33%)
193. Linfield University (30.32%)
194. DePaul University (30.24%)
195. The University of Montana (30.23%)
196. University at Albany, SUNY (30.09%)
197. Widener University (30.04%)
198. Robert Morris University (30.02%)
199. George Mason University (29.99%)
200. Elizabethtown College (29.96%)
201. Texas A&M University (29.95%)
202. Pomona College (29.92%)
203. Tougaloo College (29.78%)
204. Chatham University (29.69%)
205. Suffolk University (29.65%)
206. Illinois State University (29.64%)
207. University of Wisconsin-Superior (29.59%)
208. Temple University (29.59%)
209. Maryville University (29.59%)
210. The University of Utah (29.44%)
211. Pace University (29.41%)
212. Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga (29.33%)
213. Central Michigan University (29.33%)
214. Western Michigan University (29.31%)
215. University of Findlay (29.31%)
216. Drexel University (29.23%)
217. Moravian College (29.21%)
218. Towson University (28.96%)
219. Valparaiso University (28.81%)
220. St. Catherine University (28.81%)
221. Penn State University (28.76%)
222. Lesley University (28.74%)
223. University of Detroit Mercy (28.71%)
224. University of Hartford (28.69%)
225. Oklahoma State University (28.63%)
226. Pacific University (28.57%)
227. The College of St. Scholastica (28.5%)
228. University of Oregon (28.45%)
229. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (28.4%)
230. The University of Oklahoma (28.37%)
231. Utah State University (28.36%)
232. Augusta University (28.32%)
233. Mercer University (28.2%)
234. North Carolina A&T State Univ. (28.09%)
235. Ripon College (28.08%)
236. University at Buffalo, SUNY (28.06%)
237. University of San Francisco (28.01%)
238. Albion College (27.98%)
239. Seton Hall University (27.9%)
240. Knox College (27.85%)
241. Princeton University (27.74%)
242. University of Wyoming (27.73%)
243. Ball State University (27.72%)
244. Shenandoah University (27.71%)
245. Loyola University Chicago (27.69%)
246. Florida State University (27.64%)
247. Virginia Commonwealth University (27.6%)
248. George Fox University (27.56%)
249. The University of Texas at Austin (27.52%)
250. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore (27.4%)
251. Grand Valley State University (27.33%)
252. Bellarmine University (27.26%)
253. Hartwick College (27.09%)
254. Kennesaw State University (26.94%)
255. Swarthmore College (26.88%)
256. Saint Vincent College (26.79%)
257. Oklahoma City University (26.79%)
258. Western Washington University (26.69%)
259. University of Connecticut (26.65%)
260. Louisiana State University (26.65%)
261. Fisk University (26.58%)
262. East Carolina University (26.46%)
263. University of Rhode Island (26.33%)
264. Guilford College (26.32%)
265. The Ohio State University (26.22%)
266. Gannon University (26.07%)
267. University of Arkansas (26.0%)
268. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (25.9%)
269. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (25.85%)
270. Hollins University (25.82%)
271. Harvard University (25.71%)
272. Mississippi College (25.67%)
273. Westminster College, Pennsylvania (25.54%)
274. Hanover College (25.32%)
275. St. John Fisher College (25.22%)
276. Spring Hill College (25.16%)
277. Georgia Southern University (25.1%)
278. Columbia University (25.05%)
279. Appalachian State University (25.01%)
280. Yale University (25.0%)
281. Univ. of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign (24.93%)
282. University of San Diego (24.86%)
283. Mississippi State University (24.86%)
284. Binghamton University, SUNY (24.84%)
285. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (24.81%)
286. University of Southern California (24.72%)
287. Lake Forest College (24.59%)
288. Western New England University (24.55%)
289. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (24.54%)
290. Drew University (24.5%)
291. Brigham Young University-Idaho (24.35%)
292. University of South Dakota (24.25%)
293. Colorado State University (24.21%)
294. Purchase College, SUNY (24.14%)
295. Howard University (23.64%)
296. Lipscomb University (23.57%)
297. Wittenberg University (23.57%)
298. Biola University (23.55%)
299. Hofstra University (23.53%)
300. Coe College (23.52%)
301. University of Mississippi (23.5%)
302. The University of Maine (23.41%)
303. Austin College (23.39%)
304. University of Kentucky (23.36%)
305. Simpson College (23.36%)
306. Montana State University (23.32%)
307. St. Mary's College of Maryland (23.28%)
308. Sweet Briar College (23.2%)
309. Pitzer College (23.0%)
310. Sacred Heart University (22.91%)
311. Seattle Pacific University (22.87%)
312. Miami University (22.86%)
313. The University of Tulsa (22.85%)
314. Earlham College (22.63%)
315. The University of Alabama (22.57%)
316. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech (22.49%)
317. University of Northern Iowa (22.49%)
318. Kansas State University (22.48%)
319. University of Maryland (22.43%)
320. Loyola Marymount University (22.4%)
321. Saint Louis University (22.36%)
322. University of Iowa (22.31%)
323. Augustana College (22.24%)
324. University of Kansas (22.22%)
325. Allegheny College (22.13%)
326. Indiana University Bloomington (22.11%)
327. University of New England (22.07%)
328. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (22.02%)
329. Meredith College (21.99%)
330. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville (21.84%)
331. Centenary College of Louisiana (21.83%)
332. Washington & Jefferson College (21.6%)
333. Susquehanna University (21.59%)
334. Middlebury College (21.57%)
335. Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst (21.55%)
336. Williams College (21.55%)
337. Ohio Wesleyan University (21.51%)
338. New York University (21.49%)
339. Central College (21.48%)
340. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. (21.41%)
341. Berklee College of Music (21.23%)
342. Agnes Scott College (21.2%)
343. University of Pittsburgh (20.97%)
344. Michigan State University (20.95%)
345. New College of Florida (20.94%)
346. Amherst College (20.85%)
347. James Madison University (20.83%)
348. Spelman College (20.71%)
349. Roanoke College (20.66%)
350. University of Michigan (20.57%)
351. Harding University (20.55%)
352. St. Norbert College (20.54%)
353. SUNY College of ESF (20.43%)
354. Texas Christian University (20.41%)
355. Warren Wilson College (20.4%)
356. Simmons University (20.39%)
357. Eckerd College (20.38%)
358. University of Colorado Boulder (20.36%)
359. Southwestern University (20.34%)
360. Centre College (20.26%)
361. University of Chicago (20.24%)
362. South Dakota State University (20.19%)
363. University of Miami (20.1%)
364. College of Charleston (20.06%)
365. University of Missouri (20.05%)
366. Juniata College (19.96%)
367. UNC Chapel Hill (19.94%)
368. Quinnipiac University (19.94%)
369. Oglethorpe University (19.92%)
370. Iowa State University (19.92%)
371. Saint Mary's College (19.8%)
372. Hampton University (19.75%)
373. Wesleyan University (19.6%)
374. Cornell College (19.58%)
375. University of South Carolina (19.53%)
376. Franklin and Marshall College (19.48%)
377. Rochester Institute of Technology (19.47%)
378. The New School (19.44%)
379. Seattle University (19.4%)
380. Marquette University (19.35%)
381. Beloit College (19.3%)
382. North Carolina State University (19.29%)
383. Loyola University New Orleans (19.28%)
384. Hendrix College (19.21%)
385. Willamette University (19.2%)
386. University of North Dakota (19.12%)
387. University of Denver (19.03%)
388. Mount Holyoke College (18.96%)
389. Syracuse University (18.87%)
390. Ursinus College (18.85%)
391. Marist College (18.84%)
392. Bowdoin College (18.84%)
393. University of Pennsylvania (18.76%)
394. University of Rochester (18.68%)
395. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (18.66%)
396. Bethel University (18.58%)
397. Purdue University (18.54%)
398. Michigan Technological University (18.54%)
399. Northeastern University (18.52%)
400. Smith College (18.51%)
401. Creighton University (18.38%)
402. University of Georgia (18.15%)
403. Colgate University (18.08%)
404. Tulane University (18.0%)
405. Chapman University (17.88%)
406. University of Mary (17.87%)
407. Trinity College (17.85%)
408. Virginia Tech (17.76%)
409. Illinois Wesleyan University (17.73%)
410. Fordham University (17.64%)
411. Savannah College of Art and Design (17.63%)
412. Pepperdine University (17.62%)
413. Goucher College (17.6%)
414. Occidental College (17.59%)
415. Colorado College (17.57%)
416. Grinnell College (17.56%)
417. University of New Hampshire (17.45%)
418. Lawrence University (17.39%)
419. Dartmouth College (17.36%)
420. Wartburg College (17.35%)
421. Lewis & Clark College (17.34%)
422. Duquesne University (17.3%)
423. North Dakota State University (17.28%)
424. Auburn University (17.26%)
425. Clemson University (17.25%)
426. Andrews University (17.21%)
427. Wellesley College (17.18%)
428. Denison University (17.12%)
429. Baylor University (17.11%)
430. University of Delaware (17.09%)
431. Brown University (17.04%)
432. Boston University (16.94%)
433. Gordon College (16.92%)
434. Lehigh University (16.88%)
435. Westmont College (16.88%)
436. University of Wisconsin-Madison (16.81%)
437. College of the Holy Cross (16.63%)
438. Santa Clara University (16.51%)
439. Stonehill College (16.39%)
440. Emory University (16.39%)
441. Transylvania University (16.36%)
442. DePauw University (16.35%)
443. Brandeis University (16.31%)
444. Clark University (16.3%)
445. Haverford College (16.21%)
446. George Washington University (16.07%)
447. Georgetown University (16.06%)
448. Washington College (16.04%)
449. Belmont University (15.85%)
450. University of Virginia (15.8%)
451. Davidson College (15.77%)
452. Muhlenberg College (15.77%)
453. Southern Methodist University (15.68%)
454. Carleton College (15.68%)
455. American University (15.63%)
456. Barnard College (15.57%)
457. Stevens Institute of Technology (15.49%)
458. Colorado School of Mines (15.45%)
459. Cornell University (15.42%)
460. Drake University (15.3%)
461. Tufts University (15.3%)
462. Clarkson University (15.29%)
463. Virginia Military Institute (15.25%)
464. Bryn Mawr College (15.16%)
465. Northwestern University (15.16%)
466. Bates College (15.09%)
467. Georgia Institute of Technology (14.92%)
468. Hope College (14.91%)
469. Babson College (14.88%)
470. Lafayette College (14.84%)
471. Skidmore College (14.83%)
472. Wheaton College, Massachusetts (14.71%)
473. Gustavus Adolphus College (14.66%)
474. William Marsh Rice University (14.48%)
475. Yeshiva University (14.39%)
476. The College of Wooster (14.33%)
477. Vassar College (14.18%)
478. Connecticut College (14.04%)
479. Hampshire College (13.9%)
480. Samford University (13.81%)
481. Brigham Young University (13.8%)
482. University of St. Thomas (13.77%)
483. Ithaca College (13.76%)
484. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (13.75%)
485. Gettysburg College (13.72%)
486. Kalamazoo College (13.7%)
487. Duke University (13.46%)
488. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (13.38%)
489. Gonzaga University (13.31%)
490. Hamilton College (13.29%)
491. Sewanee: University of the South (13.24%)
492. Calvin University (13.23%)
493. St. Lawrence University (13.19%)
494. Boston College (13.19%)
495. College of William & Mary (13.17%)
496. Johns Hopkins University (13.13%)
497. Saint Anselm College (13.08%)
498. Union College (13.0%)
499. St. Olaf College (12.87%)
500. Luther College (12.85%)
501. Macalester College (12.83%)
502. Rhodes College (12.78%)
503. Bennington College (12.6%)
504. Villanova University (12.57%)
505. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (12.5%)
506. Furman University (12.38%)
507. University of Puget Sound (12.32%)
508. University of Richmond (12.26%)
509. Vanderbilt University (12.23%)
510. Dickinson College (12.2%)
511. Bard College (12.17%)
512. Bucknell University (12.01%)
513. Wake Forest University (11.97%)
514. Saint Michael's College (11.72%)
515. Whitman College (11.68%)
516. University of Vermont (11.51%)
517. Washington University in St. Louis (11.41%)
518. Colby College (10.9%)
519. Case Western Reserve University (10.85%)
520. Sarah Lawrence College (10.78%)
521. Rhode Island School of Design (10.55%)
522. University of Dayton (10.24%)
523. University of Notre Dame (10.24%)
524. The Catholic University of America (10.13%)
525. Carnegie Mellon University (9.95%)
526. Elon University (9.09%)
527. Oberlin College (8.87%)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Harvey Mudd College (+482) N/A, Rank: 1, Expected: 483
2. Wheaton College (+450) N/A, Rank: 91, Expected: 541
3. Claremont McKenna College (+450) N/A, Rank: 4, Expected: 454
4. Wabash College (+413) N/A, Rank: 44, Expected: 457
5. Kenyon College (+406) N/A, Rank: 115, Expected: 521
6. Washington and Lee University (+338) N/A, Rank: 191, Expected: 529
7. Illinois Institute of Technology (+322) 32.24%, Rank: 171, Expected: 493
8. Wofford College (+273) N/A, Rank: 240, Expected: 513
9. Hampden-Sydney College (+257) N/A, Rank: 40, Expected: 297
10. Berea College (+237) 40.58%, Rank: 59, Expected: 296
Suprisingly Weak
1. Hampton University (-328) 19.75%, Rank: 382, Expected: 54
2. United States Military Academy (-274) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 270
3. Andrews University (-269) 17.21%, Rank: 437, Expected: 168
4. Georgia Institute of Technology (-266) 14.92%, Rank: 478, Expected: 212
5. University of Mary (-229) 17.87%, Rank: 417, Expected: 188
6. Binghamton University, SUNY (-226) 24.84%, Rank: 292, Expected: 66
7. Fisk University (-225) 26.58%, Rank: 269, Expected: 44
8. Grove City College (-220) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 324
9. Savannah College of Art and Design (-191) 17.63%, Rank: 422, Expected: 231
10. Gordon College (-187) 16.92%, Rank: 444, Expected: 257
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