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Economic diversity and student outcomes at
New Orleans, Louisiana
The median family income of a student from Tulane is $180,700, and 69% come from the top 20 percent. - of students at Tulane came from a poor family but became a rich adult.
A new study, based on millions of anonymous tax records, shows that some colleges are even more economically segregated than previously understood, while others are associated with income mobility.
Below, estimates of how Tulane compares with its peer schools in economic diversity and student outcomes.
AccessWhat kind of students attend Tulane
Among the lowest About typical Among the highest
| In the NA | In Louisiana | Among Other elite schools (public and private) colleges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median family income | $180,700 | |||
| Average income percentile | 81st | |||
| Share of students from top 0.1% | 1.9% | |||
| ...from top 1% | 13% | |||
| ...from top 5% | 40% | |||
| ...from top 10% | 54% | |||
| ...from top 20% | 69% | |||
| ...from bottom 20% | 3.9% |
OutcomesHow Tulane students fare later in life
Among the lowest About typical Among the highest
| In the NA | In Louisiana | Among Other elite schools (public and private) colleges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median individual income at age 34 | - | |||
| ...for men | - | |||
| ...for women | - | |||
| Average income percentile | - | |||
| Share who end up in the top 1% | - | |||
| ...in the top 5% | - | |||
| ...in the top 10% | - | |||
| ...in the top 20% | - | |||
| ...in the bottom 20% | - | |||
| Avg. income percentile of a poor student | - | |||
| ...of a rich student | - | |||
| Pct. married in 2014 | - |
MobilityShare of students at Tulane who ...
Among the lowest About typical Among the highest
| In the NA | In Louisiana | Among Other elite schools (public and private) colleges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moved up two or more income quintiles | - | |||
| Moved from the bottom to top income quintile | - |
College by collegeComparing Tulane with its peers
Median parent income
For students born in 1991, approximately the class of 2013, in 2015 dollars.
27th out of 65 Other elite colleges
No data available for Tulane.
No. 7
Bates
$226,500
No. 8
Tufts
$224,800
No. 9
Wake Forest
$221,500
No. 10
Davidson
$213,900
No. 11
Kenyon
$213,500
No. 12
Franklin & Marshall
$212,100
No. 13
Hamilton
$208,600
No. 14
Lafayette
$205,600
No. 15
Vanderbilt
$204,500
No. 16
Bucknell
$204,200
No. 17
Claremont McKenna
$201,300
No. 18
Conn College
$197,800
No. 19
Bowdoin
$195,900
No. 20
Villanova
$195,800
No. 21
Boston College
$194,100
No. 22
Wesleyan
$192,400
No. 23
Notre Dame
$191,400
No. 24
Barnard
$190,100
No. 25
Williams
$185,800
No. 26
George Washington
$182,200
No. 27
Tulane
$180,700
No. 28
Oberlin
$178,000
No. 29
Johns Hopkins
$177,300
No. 30
William & Mary
$176,400
No. 31
Carleton
$172,400
No. 32
Northwestern University
$171,200
No. 33
Holy Cross
$170,700
No. 34
Haverford
$168,700
No. 35
Lehigh
$167,600
No. 36
Pomona
$166,500
No. 37
Swarthmore
$165,500
No. 38
U.S.C.
$161,400
No. 39
Rice
$160,800
No. 40
Scripps
$160,700
No. 41
Amherst
$158,200
No. 42
Reed
$157,800
No. 43
Whitman
$156,200
No. 44
Virginia
$155,500
No. 45
Carnegie Mellon
$154,700
No. 46
N.Y.U.
$149,300
Chance a poor student has to become a rich adult
The share of children who were from the bottom fifth of incomes as students and moved to the top fifth as adults.
23rd out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Tulane.
No. 13
Lafayette
59%
No. 14
Villanova
58%
No. 15
Lehigh
57%
No. 16
Franklin & Marshall
56%
No. 17
Boston College
56%
No. 18
Northwestern University
55%
No. 19
Bucknell
55%
No. 20
Case Western Reserve
55%
No. 21
U.C.L.A.
55%
No. 22
Middlebury
55%
No. 23
U.S.C.
55%
No. 24
WashU
54%
No. 25
Carnegie Mellon
53%
No. 26
Pomona
53%
No. 27
Carleton
53%
No. 28
Barnard
53%
No. 29
University of Rochester
53%
No. 30
N.Y.U.
52%
No. 31
Virginia
52%
No. 32
Cooper Union
52%
No. 33
Washington and Lee
51%
No. 34
Brandeis
51%
No. 35
Conn College
51%
No. 36
Emory
50%
No. 37
College of New Jersey
50%
No. 38
Scripps
49%
No. 39
Swarthmore
49%
No. 40
Rice
49%
No. 41
Holy Cross
49%
No. 42
Wesleyan
47%
No. 43
Amherst
46%
No. 44
Wellesley
44%
No. 45
George Washington
42%
No. 46
Bowdoin
42%
No. 47
Bates
41%
No. 48
Wake Forest
40%
No. 49
University of Miami
40%
No. 50
Haverford
39%
No. 51
Occidental
39%
No. 52
William & Mary
39%
Highest
Rose-Hulman 78%
Lowest (No. 64)
Reed 27%
Median student income at age 34
Incomes continue to grow, but the relative ranks remain roughly stable after this age.
23rd out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Tulane.
No. 13
Johns Hopkins
$75,000
No. 14
Case Western Reserve
$73,400
No. 15
Tufts
$73,100
No. 16
Vanderbilt
$72,800
No. 17
Northwestern University
$72,600
No. 18
Holy Cross
$71,900
No. 19
Boston College
$71,800
No. 19
Bucknell
$71,800
No. 21
Colgate
$71,500
No. 21
Wake Forest
$71,500
No. 23
Virginia
$71,200
No. 24
Claremont McKenna
$69,900
No. 25
University of Richmond
$69,600
No. 26
Amherst
$69,300
No. 27
Emory
$67,800
No. 28
WashU
$67,500
No. 29
U.C.L.A.
$65,800
No. 30
Cooper Union
$64,300
No. 31
George Washington
$63,900
No. 32
U.S.C.
$63,700
No. 33
Brandeis
$63,100
No. 34
Williams
$62,600
No. 35
University of Rochester
$62,000
No. 35
Pomona
$62,000
No. 37
Middlebury
$61,800
No. 38
Bowdoin
$61,000
No. 39
Davidson
$60,300
No. 39
Hamilton
$60,300
No. 41
College of New Jersey
$60,100
No. 42
William & Mary
$59,800
No. 43
Colby
$59,200
No. 44
N.Y.U.
$58,100
No. 45
Franklin & Marshall
$57,800
No. 46
Haverford
$57,200
No. 47
Swarthmore
$56,700
No. 48
Wesleyan
$56,500
No. 49
Barnard
$56,300
No. 49
Wellesley
$56,300
No. 51
Bates
$55,900
No. 52
Conn College
$55,500
Highest
Georgetown $84,400
Lowest (No. 64)
Reed $36,900
Overall mobility index
This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at Tulane moved up two or more income quintiles.
23rd out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Tulane.
No. 13
Lehigh
15%
No. 14
University of Rochester
15%
No. 15
George Washington
15%
No. 16
Wellesley
14%
No. 17
Swarthmore
14%
No. 18
Carnegie Mellon
14%
No. 19
Johns Hopkins
14%
No. 20
Brandeis
14%
No. 21
Bryn Mawr
14%
No. 22
Rice
14%
No. 23
Macalester
13%
No. 24
Claremont McKenna
13%
No. 25
Amherst
13%
No. 26
Emory
13%
No. 27
Scripps
13%
No. 28
College of New Jersey
13%
No. 29
Bucknell
12%
No. 30
Tufts
12%
No. 31
U.N.C.-Chapel Hill
12%
No. 32
Haverford
11%
No. 33
Reed
11%
No. 34
Lafayette
11%
No. 35
Wesleyan
11%
No. 36
Vanderbilt
11%
No. 37
Georgetown
11%
No. 38
Boston College
11%
No. 39
Pomona
11%
No. 40
Northwestern University
11%
No. 41
Oberlin
11%
No. 42
Virginia
11%
No. 43
Hamilton
11%
No. 44
Villanova
11%
No. 45
Bowdoin
10%
No. 46
Holy Cross
10%
No. 47
Conn College
10%
No. 48
Colgate
9.8%
No. 49
Williams
9.3%
No. 50
Vassar
9%
No. 51
WashU
9%
No. 52
Wake Forest
8.6%
Highest
U.C.L.A. 24%
Lowest (No. 64)
Washington and Lee 5.4%
Married in 2014
For students born between 1980-82, roughly the college class of 2002.
23rd out of 64 Other elite colleges
No data available for Tulane.
No. 13
Lehigh
63%
No. 14
College of New Jersey
63%
No. 15
Virginia
63%
No. 16
Case Western Reserve
62%
No. 17
Colgate
62%
No. 18
William & Mary
61%
No. 19
Colby
61%
No. 20
Middlebury
60%
No. 21
Bowdoin
60%
No. 22
Boston College
60%
No. 23
Rice
60%
No. 24
Hamilton
59%
No. 25
WashU
59%
No. 26
Bates
59%
No. 27
Tufts
59%
No. 28
Northwestern University
58%
No. 29
R.P.I.
58%
No. 30
Brandeis
58%
No. 31
Emory
58%
No. 32
Whitman
58%
No. 33
Conn College
58%
No. 34
Claremont McKenna
58%
No. 35
Williams
57%
No. 36
University of Rochester
57%
No. 37
Carleton
57%
No. 38
Johns Hopkins
57%
No. 39
Amherst
56%
No. 40
Georgetown
56%
No. 41
Haverford
55%
No. 42
Franklin & Marshall
55%
No. 43
Caltech
54%
No. 44
Scripps
54%
No. 45
Carnegie Mellon
54%
No. 46
George Washington
54%
No. 47
Pomona
54%
No. 48
Macalester
53%
No. 49
Harvey Mudd
53%
No. 50
Barnard
53%
No. 51
Kenyon
52%
No. 52
Swarthmore
51%
Highest
Rose-Hulman 69%
Lowest (No. 64)
Vassar 43%
Family income vs. student income at age 34
The chart below shows how Tulane and its peer schools are comparing with the remaining schools analyzed in the study. You can click on any point in the chart to navigate to that school.
How access at Tulane has changed
Peer schools are shown in yellow
Students from...
Bottom 60%
Top 20%
Top 10%
Top 1%
Note: Tulane University includes data for the following colleges:
The estimates presented here are based on millions of anonymous tax filings and tuition records. These statistics cover only schools that participate in Title IV federal funding, which excludes the military academies and certain other colleges.
Measures of access are for students born in 1991, roughly the class of 2013; measures of outcomes and mobility are for students born between 1980 and 1982, who are around age 35, when relative income ranks stabilizes.
Class size figures represent the number of students in the study who were born in 1991: approximately the class of 2013 or today's 25-year-olds. This measure does not include international students or students who could not be linked to their parents' tax returns.
The athletic conferences listed here are meant to be a helpful way to compare colleges with their peers. They are incomplete for some conferences. Only one conference is displayed for each college.
Source: “Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility”, by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Emmanuel Saez, Nicholas Turner and Danny Yagan, The Equality of Opportunity Project
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