The data displays the ten colleges in the U.S. that had the best income mobility rates in 2017. The income mobility rate is calculated using the college's share of low-income students and the share of those graduates who moved from the bottom 40% of income bracket to the top 40. It therefore gives an impression of the school's ability to improve the outcome of graduates in regards to earnings, an increase in income mobility. In 2017 Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology had a mobility rate of 43.9%.
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 43.9 |
City College of New York | 38.1 |
Texas A&M International University | 37.9 |
Lehman College | 36.8 |
Bernard M. Baruch College | 36.2 |
California State University, Los Angeles | 35.7 |
Crimson Technical College | 35.5 |
University of Texas-Pan American | 34.2 |
New York City College of Technology | 33.7 |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 33.2 |