<p>^ And there we have it.</p>
<p>Assuming Chicago had about the same amount of donations as last year, Chicago would be in the top 10 for donations per alumni.</p>
<p>Some people forget that Chicago’s class size has just recently gone through a big increase. Even then, the main donors are not going to be recent graduates who are still establishing their careers, but people who graduated in the 90s or earlier. And at that time, Chicago had a much smaller class size graduating each year.</p>
<p>Once again, if you look at the raw numbers, it looks like bad news for Chicago, but if you do an actual mathematical analysis, it’s quite easy to see how these things are working. I think the University is doing a fine job with donations. It’s unfortunate that there are limitations here, but it’s not like the University can alter the past to have more graduating alumni.</p>