Does Princeton feel "elitist"?

one1ofeach
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:35:54 +0000

CU123:

I’d look at the facts and try to make a decision from that. An elite LAC is more likely to have a higher percentage of wealthy students then Princeton. Here is a list of institutions with the highest percentage the of top 1% vs bottom 60% in income. (the first number under the institution is the percentage of the top 1% at that institution, the second number is the percentage of the bottom 60% at that institution. Princeton comes in at 21.

Washington University in St. Louis
21.7
6.1
2.
Colorado College
24.2
10.5
3.
Washington and Lee University
19.1
8.4
4.
Colby College
20.4
11.1
5.
Trinity College (Conn.)
26.2
14.3
6.
Bucknell University
20.4
12.2
7.
Colgate University
22.6
13.6
8.
Kenyon College
19.8
12.2
9.
Middlebury College
22.8
14.2
10.
Tufts University
18.6
11.8
21.
Princeton University
17.0
13.6

How could this list even be compiled? The top 1% doesn’t apply for fa so the schools don’t have financial info on those families.