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Originally Posted by New Era
Making stuff up? I guess the better discussion point would be to define rich. Because going to school is already a "rich kid's" privilege that most poor kids cannot even dream of. Economic segregation is a real problem in higher education and one that this issue resolves. Some stats that will make this very evident.
Median household income of University of Alabama students: $57,928 (only 17% of students are considered "low income" as defined by Pell Grants.)
Median household income of ASU students: $69,074 (28% of students are considered low income)
Median household income of Weber State students: $87,500 (only 18% of students come are considered low income)
Media household income of Columbia students: $150,900 (only 5.1% of students are considered low income)
Median household income of University of Virginia students: $155,500 (only 1.5% of students are considered low income)
Media household income of Harvard students: $168,800 (only 4.8% of students are considered low income)
Media household income of Yale students: $192,600 (only 2.1% of students are considered low income)
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Statistics are easily manipulated.
Take out the median household incomes attributable to the (student) athletes and recalculate.
Or, even more appropriately, given the schools being compared, just look at the median household income of the students in the honors programs at the State schools and recalculate.