NY Times: UCLA ranks number one out of 64 top-tier colleges for creating upward mobility for alumni.
The median family income of a student from U.C.L.A. is $104,900, and 48% come from the top 20 percent. About 5.6% of students at U.C.L.A. came from a poor family but became a rich adult.A new study, based on millions of anonymous tax records, shows that some colleges are even more economically segregated than previously understood, while others are associated with income mobility.Below, estimates of how U.C.L.A. compares with its peer schools in economic diversity and student outcomes.Click here to read the full article.