Skiena Rankings
Highest Social Mobility Rate1. Lehman College, CUNY (10.24%)
2. Pace University (8.43%)
3. Stony Brook University (8.41%)
4. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (7.65%)
5. Cal. State, Pomona (6.83%)
6. The University of Texas at El Paso (6.82%)
7. St. John's University (6.8%)
8. University of California, Irvine (6.77%)
9. New Jersey Institute of Technology (6.47%)
10. Cal. State, Northridge (6.32%)
11. Univ. of California, Riverside (6.02%)
12. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (5.6%)
13. San José State University (5.43%)
14. Texas A&M University-Kingsville (5.29%)
15. Florida International University (5.22%)
16. Binghamton University, SUNY (5.09%)
17. Dillard University (5.03%)
18. University of California, Berkeley (4.89%)
19. Univ. of California, San Diego (4.83%)
20. Cal. State, Fullerton (4.8%)
21. University of California, Davis (4.44%)
22. Cal. State, Long Beach (4.43%)
23. Cal. State, San Bernardino (4.4%)
24. Stevens Institute of Technology (4.29%)
25. University of the Pacific (4.25%)
26. Cal. State, Fresno (4.19%)
27. Howard University (4.0%)
28. Fordham University (3.98%)
29. University of Southern California (3.93%)
30. San Diego State University (3.66%)
31. University of Louisiana at Monroe (3.66%)
32. Illinois Institute of Technology (3.63%)
33. University of La Verne (3.63%)
34. New York University (3.63%)
35. University at Albany, SUNY (3.62%)
36. Barry University (3.57%)
37. San Francisco State University (3.5%)
38. University at Buffalo, SUNY (3.47%)
39. Barnard College (3.45%)
40. Texas Southern University (3.41%)
41. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (3.4%)
42. Occidental College (3.34%)
43. Cal. State, Sacramento (3.33%)
44. Temple University (3.3%)
45. Clark Atlanta University (3.3%)
46. Spelman College (3.29%)
47. Rochester Institute of Technology (3.27%)
48. Florida A&M Univ. (3.27%)
49. Nova Southeastern University (3.26%)
50. Adelphi University (3.26%)
51. Seton Hall University (3.18%)
52. New Mexico State University (3.18%)
53. California Institute of Technology (3.18%)
54. Roosevelt University (3.18%)
55. Montclair State University (3.17%)
56. George Mason University (3.09%)
57. Campbell University (3.09%)
58. Loyola University Chicago (3.08%)
59. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (3.08%)
60. Columbia University (3.07%)
61. Florida Atlantic University (3.07%)
62. University of New Orleans (3.07%)
63. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3.05%)
64. University of Rochester (3.02%)
65. Hofstra University (2.99%)
66. University of Miami (2.98%)
67. Jackson State University (2.97%)
68. Clarkson University (2.97%)
69. Claremont McKenna College (2.96%)
70. Whittier College (2.96%)
71. Tennessee State University (2.94%)
72. Syracuse University (2.94%)
73. Harvey Mudd College (2.92%)
74. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (2.92%)
75. The New School (2.9%)
76. Lamar University (2.9%)
77. University of Bridgeport (2.89%)
78. Wilkes University (2.88%)
79. DePaul University (2.86%)
80. University of the Incarnate Word (2.83%)
81. Babson College (2.8%)
82. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (2.77%)
83. North Carolina A&T State Univ. (2.71%)
84. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (2.71%)
85. University of San Francisco (2.71%)
86. Suffolk University (2.68%)
87. University of Texas at Arlington (2.6%)
88. Mount Holyoke College (2.6%)
89. University of Central Florida (2.6%)
90. Spring Hill College (2.6%)
91. Texas Woman's University (2.53%)
92. Robert Morris University (2.52%)
93. Scripps College (2.52%)
94. Colorado School of Mines (2.49%)
95. Loyola Marymount University (2.46%)
96. Wayne State University (2.45%)
97. The University of Texas at Dallas (2.43%)
98. University of Mary (2.43%)
99. Wellesley College (2.41%)
100. Andrews University (2.4%)
101. University of Michigan-Dearborn (2.38%)
102. Old Dominion University (2.37%)
103. Arkansas State University (2.36%)
104. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (2.35%)
105. University of Arkansas (2.35%)
106. Oglethorpe University (2.34%)
107. Simmons University (2.32%)
108. Drew University (2.31%)
109. University of San Diego (2.3%)
110. Hamilton College (2.3%)
111. Tennessee Tech University (2.3%)
112. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi (2.3%)
113. Swarthmore College (2.29%)
114. Austin College (2.28%)
115. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (2.25%)
116. Santa Clara University (2.25%)
117. Stanford University (2.25%)
118. Clark University (2.24%)
119. The University of Texas at Austin (2.22%)
120. Louisiana Tech University (2.22%)
121. Pitzer College (2.21%)
122. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2.19%)
123. The College of St. Scholastica (2.19%)
124. Carnegie Mellon University (2.19%)
125. Goucher College (2.18%)
126. Juniata College (2.18%)
127. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2.18%)
128. Florida State University (2.16%)
129. Bethune-Cookman University (2.16%)
130. George Washington University (2.16%)
131. University of Central Arkansas (2.15%)
132. Johns Hopkins University (2.15%)
133. University of Southern Mississippi (2.14%)
134. Mercer University (2.14%)
135. Hampton University (2.14%)
136. The University of Texas at Tyler (2.14%)
137. Tufts University (2.13%)
138. Lincoln Memorial University (2.1%)
139. Yale University (2.08%)
140. Monmouth University (2.07%)
141. St. Lawrence University (2.06%)
142. Sam Houston State University (2.06%)
143. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (2.06%)
144. University of Pennsylvania (2.05%)
145. St. Catherine University (2.05%)
146. Brandeis University (2.04%)
147. The Sage Colleges (2.03%)
148. Boston University (2.02%)
149. Western New England University (2.02%)
150. Widener University (2.01%)
151. Portland State University (2.01%)
152. Oklahoma State University (2.0%)
153. Virginia Military Institute (1.99%)
154. Trinity College (1.99%)
155. Union University (1.98%)
156. Skidmore College (1.98%)
157. Wesleyan University (1.96%)
158. Amherst College (1.96%)
159. Stephen F. Austin State University (1.96%)
160. Husson University (1.96%)
161. California State University, Chico (1.96%)
162. University of South Alabama (1.95%)
163. Sacred Heart University (1.95%)
164. Pomona College (1.95%)
165. Georgetown University (1.95%)
166. University of Chicago (1.94%)
167. Union College (1.93%)
168. Texas A&M University-Commerce (1.93%)
169. The University of Oklahoma (1.92%)
170. Virginia Commonwealth University (1.92%)
171. St. John Fisher College (1.9%)
172. Seattle University (1.9%)
173. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (1.89%)
174. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1.89%)
175. Smith College (1.88%)
176. Lehigh University (1.87%)
177. Pepperdine University (1.86%)
178. University of Detroit Mercy (1.86%)
179. Georgia Institute of Technology (1.86%)
180. Purchase College, SUNY (1.84%)
181. Westminster College, Pennsylvania (1.84%)
182. Willamette University (1.84%)
183. Bryn Mawr College (1.83%)
184. Colorado College (1.82%)
185. Rowan University (1.82%)
186. Biola University (1.8%)
187. Haverford College (1.8%)
188. Lake Forest College (1.79%)
189. Case Western Reserve University (1.79%)
190. Mississippi State University (1.77%)
191. Southern Methodist University (1.77%)
192. Keiser University (1.75%)
193. Drake University (1.75%)
194. Michigan Technological University (1.75%)
195. Ohio Wesleyan University (1.75%)
196. Colorado Technical University (1.74%)
197. Wabash College (1.73%)
198. Sonoma State University (1.73%)
199. Duquesne University (1.72%)
200. Marist College (1.72%)
201. Wheaton College (1.71%)
202. Morehead State University (1.71%)
203. Chapman University (1.7%)
204. Ferris State University (1.7%)
205. Northwestern University (1.69%)
206. University of North Florida (1.69%)
207. North Dakota State University (1.69%)
208. Georgia Southern University (1.68%)
209. Hartwick College (1.66%)
210. Marshall University (1.66%)
211. St John's College (1.65%)
212. University of Mississippi (1.65%)
213. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (1.64%)
214. Northern Illinois University (1.63%)
215. Chatham University (1.63%)
216. Lafayette College (1.63%)
217. Humboldt State University (1.63%)
218. University of Michigan-Flint (1.62%)
219. The University of Alabama (1.62%)
220. Cleveland State University (1.61%)
221. William Marsh Rice University (1.6%)
222. Boston College (1.6%)
223. Duke University (1.6%)
224. Creighton University (1.6%)
225. University of Rhode Island (1.59%)
226. Connecticut College (1.58%)
227. Regis University (1.58%)
228. University of North Dakota (1.57%)
229. Coe College (1.56%)
230. Loyola University New Orleans (1.56%)
231. Texas Tech University (1.55%)
232. Brown University (1.55%)
233. Transylvania University (1.55%)
234. Ripon College (1.55%)
235. Bard College (1.53%)
236. Carson-Newman University (1.53%)
237. University of Idaho (1.53%)
238. Eastern Kentucky University (1.52%)
239. Azusa Pacific University (1.52%)
240. University of Michigan (1.51%)
241. University of Wyoming (1.51%)
242. Yeshiva University (1.5%)
243. East Tennessee State University (1.5%)
244. Centenary College of Louisiana (1.5%)
245. Texas State University (1.49%)
246. Washington State University (1.48%)
247. Oklahoma City University (1.48%)
248. Montana State University (1.48%)
249. Agnes Scott College (1.47%)
250. Vanderbilt University (1.47%)
251. University of West Georgia (1.46%)
252. Georgetown College (1.46%)
253. University of North Texas (1.46%)
254. University of Virginia (1.46%)
255. Bucknell University (1.46%)
256. Grinnell College (1.46%)
257. Southern New Hampshire University (1.44%)
258. Gannon University (1.44%)
259. Texas A&M University (1.43%)
260. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1.42%)
261. University of Oregon (1.42%)
262. University of Denver (1.41%)
263. Western Kentucky University (1.41%)
264. Macalester College (1.39%)
265. Michigan State University (1.39%)
266. Moravian College (1.38%)
267. Ithaca College (1.38%)
268. Washington & Jefferson College (1.38%)
269. Dartmouth College (1.38%)
270. Baylor University (1.37%)
271. Carleton College (1.37%)
272. Lewis & Clark College (1.36%)
273. Pacific University (1.36%)
274. Virginia Tech (1.35%)
275. North Carolina State University (1.35%)
276. Seattle Pacific University (1.35%)
277. Princeton University (1.35%)
278. Allegheny College (1.34%)
279. Rhode Island School of Design (1.34%)
280. Saint Louis University (1.33%)
281. University of Hartford (1.32%)
282. Villanova University (1.32%)
283. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (1.31%)
284. Iowa State University (1.31%)
285. The University of Montana (1.3%)
286. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle (1.3%)
287. Valdosta State University (1.29%)
288. American University (1.28%)
289. Maryville University (1.28%)
290. Baker University (1.28%)
291. Meredith College (1.28%)
292. Boise State University (1.28%)
293. Kansas State University (1.27%)
294. Middlebury College (1.27%)
295. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro (1.27%)
296. Lesley University (1.26%)
297. Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1.26%)
298. Rhodes College (1.26%)
299. Franklin and Marshall College (1.26%)
300. The University of Memphis (1.25%)
301. Oberlin College (1.25%)
302. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. (1.24%)
303. University of Louisville (1.23%)
304. Washington College (1.23%)
305. Simpson College (1.23%)
306. Gardner-Webb University (1.22%)
307. Sarah Lawrence College (1.22%)
308. Dickinson College (1.21%)
309. Wichita State University (1.21%)
310. Clemson University (1.2%)
311. Idaho State University (1.2%)
312. East Carolina University (1.19%)
313. Wofford College (1.18%)
314. Kennesaw State University (1.18%)
315. Mississippi College (1.18%)
316. University of Vermont (1.18%)
317. Eastern Michigan University (1.17%)
318. George Fox University (1.17%)
319. University of Nevada, Reno (1.17%)
320. Missouri State University (1.16%)
321. Lawrence University (1.15%)
322. UNC Chapel Hill (1.15%)
323. The University of Tulsa (1.15%)
324. Eckerd College (1.15%)
325. Marquette University (1.15%)
326. Reed College (1.14%)
327. The University of Utah (1.13%)
328. Western Washington University (1.13%)
329. University of Toledo (1.13%)
330. University of Northern Iowa (1.12%)
331. Colorado State University (1.12%)
332. Sewanee: University of the South (1.12%)
333. Benedictine University (1.11%)
334. Aurora University (1.1%)
335. Shepherd University (1.1%)
336. Middle Tennessee State University (1.1%)
337. Oakland University (1.1%)
338. Shenandoah University (1.1%)
339. Bowdoin College (1.09%)
340. Vassar College (1.09%)
341. Kalamazoo College (1.09%)
342. Westmont College (1.09%)
343. Knox College (1.08%)
344. Illinois State University (1.08%)
345. Illinois Wesleyan University (1.08%)
346. University of New England (1.07%)
347. Indiana State University (1.07%)
348. Auburn University (1.07%)
349. University of Georgia (1.06%)
350. Hollins University (1.06%)
351. Washington University in St. Louis (1.04%)
352. Central Michigan University (1.03%)
353. University of Northern Colorado (1.03%)
354. Muhlenberg College (1.03%)
355. Roanoke College (1.02%)
356. University of Iowa (1.01%)
357. Western Michigan University (1.01%)
358. Purdue University (1.0%)
359. College of the Holy Cross (1.0%)
360. Augustana College (1.0%)
361. Williams College (0.99%)
362. Savannah College of Art and Design (0.98%)
363. Calvin University (0.98%)
364. Luther College (0.98%)
365. University of Findlay (0.98%)
366. University of St. Thomas (0.98%)
367. Saint Anselm College (0.97%)
368. University of Indianapolis (0.97%)
369. Ursinus College (0.97%)
370. University of Kentucky (0.96%)
371. University of Kansas (0.96%)
372. College of Charleston (0.95%)
373. Bellarmine University (0.94%)
374. Lindenwood University (0.94%)
375. Denison University (0.94%)
376. Northern Kentucky University (0.94%)
377. Elizabethtown College (0.93%)
378. Central College (0.93%)
379. Bennington College (0.93%)
380. Washburn University (0.92%)
381. DePauw University (0.91%)
382. Colby College (0.9%)
383. Beloit College (0.9%)
384. Quinnipiac University (0.9%)
385. University of Notre Dame (0.9%)
386. Whitman College (0.89%)
387. Colgate University (0.87%)
388. Cornell College (0.87%)
389. University of Delaware (0.87%)
390. Grand Canyon University (0.86%)
391. Fort Lewis College (0.85%)
392. Guilford College (0.84%)
393. Wilmington University (0.84%)
394. Saint Michael's College (0.83%)
395. Concordia University Wisconsin (0.82%)
396. Gettysburg College (0.82%)
397. Sweet Briar College (0.81%)
398. Valparaiso University (0.81%)
399. Gonzaga University (0.8%)
400. The Catholic University of America (0.8%)
401. Wittenberg University (0.8%)
402. Grand Valley State University (0.79%)
403. Miami University (0.78%)
404. Ball State University (0.77%)
405. St. Olaf College (0.77%)
406. Southwestern University (0.77%)
407. Wartburg College (0.76%)
408. Bates College (0.76%)
409. Brigham Young University-Idaho (0.75%)
410. James Madison University (0.75%)
411. Harding University (0.75%)
412. Hampshire College (0.74%)
413. University of Puget Sound (0.74%)
414. Bowling Green State University (0.73%)
415. Susquehanna University (0.73%)
416. Wake Forest University (0.72%)
417. Berklee College of Music (0.72%)
418. Samford University (0.72%)
419. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (0.71%)
420. The College of Wooster (0.71%)
421. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville (0.7%)
422. Furman University (0.69%)
423. Centre College (0.69%)
424. Albion College (0.68%)
425. Gustavus Adolphus College (0.67%)
426. Brigham Young University (0.65%)
427. Utah State University (0.65%)
428. University of Dayton (0.65%)
429. Hampden-Sydney College (0.65%)
430. Kenyon College (0.64%)
431. University of Richmond (0.64%)
432. Elon University (0.64%)
433. Warren Wilson College (0.63%)
434. Stonehill College (0.63%)
435. Hendrix College (0.62%)
436. Saint Mary's College (0.62%)
437. Lipscomb University (0.62%)
438. Gordon College (0.6%)
439. Belmont University (0.58%)
440. Washington and Lee University (0.57%)
441. Gallaudet University (0.57%)
442. Appalachian State University (0.54%)
443. St. Norbert College (0.53%)
444. Hope College (0.53%)
445. College of William & Mary (0.52%)
446. Lycoming College (0.46%)
447. Hanover College (0.42%)
448. Davidson College (0.41%)
449. Earlham College (0.24%)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Campbell University (+471) 3.09%, Rank: 57, Expected: 528
2. Juniata College (+412) 2.18%, Rank: 126, Expected: 538
3. Hamilton College (+412) 2.3%, Rank: 110, Expected: 522
4. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (+383) 2.19%, Rank: 122, Expected: 505
5. Austin College (+377) 2.28%, Rank: 114, Expected: 491
6. Wilkes University (+356) 2.88%, Rank: 78, Expected: 434
7. The College of St. Scholastica (+352) 2.19%, Rank: 123, Expected: 475
8. St. John Fisher College (+349) 1.9%, Rank: 171, Expected: 520
9. St. Lawrence University (+345) 2.06%, Rank: 141, Expected: 486
10. Wheaton College (+339) 1.71%, Rank: 201, Expected: 540
Suprisingly Weak
1. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore (-542) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 2
2. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (-538) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 6
3. University of Illinois at Chicago (-524) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 20
4. University of Hawaii at Manoa (-522) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 22
5. University of Connecticut (-518) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 26
6. University of California, Merced (-516) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 28
7. Drexel University (-515) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 29
8. Fisk University (-512) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 32
9. Thomas Jefferson University (-510) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 34
10. Delaware State University (-497) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 47
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