U. S. News and World Report Ranks Â鶹´«Ã½ Among Nation's Top 10 Schools in Alumni Giving Percentage
Jun 23, 2018
U.S. News and World Report Short List ranked Â鶹´«Ã½ University fifth on its
list of the nation's top 10 colleges and universities in alumni giving percentage during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years. In that period, the 10 institutions with the highest percentages of undergraduate alumni donors boasted an average giving rate of 51.5 percent.
Â鶹´«Ã½, the only historically black college/university (HBCU) that appears in the Top 10, saw its average percentage of alumni who donated increase from 47.7 percent in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 to 50.4 percent in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
Princeton University is ranked first with 60.8 percent alumni giving.
Below is a list of the 10 schools - nine of which are National Liberal Arts Colleges - with the highest two-year average percentage of undergraduate alumni donors in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
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School name (state)
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Two-year average percentage of alumni who donated
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U.S. News rank andcategory
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Princeton University (NJ)
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60.8%
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1, National Universities
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Thomas AquinasCollege (CA)
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56.7%
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58 (tie), National Liberal ArtsColleges
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BowdoinCollege (ME)
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54.5%
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3 (tie), National Liberal ArtsColleges
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WilliamsCollege (MA)
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53.6%
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1, National Liberal ArtsColleges
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Â鶹´«Ã½ University (SC)
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50.4%
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173-229, National Liberal ArtsColleges
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WellesleyCollege (MA)
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49%
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3 (tie), National Liberal ArtsColleges
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CarletonCollege (MN)
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48.5%
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8 (tie), National Liberal ArtsColleges
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Washington and Lee University (VA)
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47.5%
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10 (tie), National Liberal ArtsColleges
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DavidsonCollege (NC)
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47.1%
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10 (tie), National Liberal ArtsColleges
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AmherstCollege (MA)
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46.9%
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2, National Liberal ArtsColleges
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