<p>“For students not that well off financially, that would be an indication of the quality of post-graduation opportunities, since this is alumni giving rate, and not student giving rate. If its graduates can’t afford to give $100 five years down the road, I’d be very wary of attending.”</p>
<p>You’re very narrowly defining “quality of post-graduate opportunity” through income. What about people who choose to make less money to work in and help the community they came from? What about people who choose to go into social work, or go join the Peace Corps, or become a teacher? What about people who want to go into academics, and won’t be getting a comfortable salary until well after they graduate from undergrad?</p>