Editing Ivy League (section)

==Student demographics==

===Race and ethnicity===
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|+ '''Racial and ethnic background (2020)'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=nces.ed.gov |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104184916/https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! College !! [[Asian Americans|Asian]] !! [[African Americans|Black]] !! [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] (of any race) !! [[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic White]] !! Other/
International
! [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] !! Unknown
|-
| '''Brown''' || 16% || 7% || 10% || 39% || 18% || 5% || 4%
|-
| '''Columbia''' || 13% || 5% || 8% || 31% || 35% || 3% || 4%
|-
| '''Cornell''' || 17% || 6% || 11% || 34% || 22% || 4% || 6%
|-
| '''Dartmouth''' || 14% || 5% || 9% || 48% || 17% || 5% || 3%
|-
| '''Harvard''' || 14% || 7% || 9% || 40% || 23% || 4% || 3%
|-
| '''Penn''' || 18% || 7% || 8% || 40% || 20% || 4% || 3%
|-
| '''Princeton''' || 19% || 6% || 9% || 35% || 23% || 5% || 3%
|-
| '''Yale''' || 16% || 7% || 11% || 39% || 21% || 5% || 1%
|-
| '''United States'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221 |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202181905/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221 |url-status=live }}</ref>|| 6% || 14% || 19% || 59% || 2% || 3% || —
|}

===Geographic distribution===
Students of the Ivy League largely hail from [[Northeastern United States|the Northeast]], largely from the New York City, [[Boston]], and [[Philadelphia]] areas. As all eight Ivy League universities are within the Northeast, most graduates end up working and residing in the Northeast after graduation. An unscientific survey of Harvard seniors from the Class of 2013 found that 42% hailed from the Northeast and 55% overall were planning on working and residing in the Northeast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/flash-graphic/2013/5/28/senior-survey-2013-graphic/|title=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=October 8, 2014|archive-date=June 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609231921/http://www.thecrimson.com/flash-graphic/2013/5/28/senior-survey-2013-graphic/|url-status=live}}</ref> Boston and New York City are traditionally where many Ivy League graduates end up living.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-where-ivy-league-students-go-when-they-graduate-presentation-2012-6?op=1|title=Here's Where Ivy League Students Go When They Graduate [Presentation]|date=June 29, 2012|work=Business Insider|access-date=October 8, 2014|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816112208/https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-where-ivy-league-students-go-when-they-graduate-presentation-2012-6?op=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/why-do-so-many-ivy-league-grads-go-to-wall-steet/253245/|title=Why Do So Many Ivy League Grads Go to Wall Street?|date=February 17, 2012|work=The Atlantic|access-date=October 8, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130432/http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/why-do-so-many-ivy-league-grads-go-to-wall-steet/253245/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Socioeconomics and social class===
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|+ Family income of students (2013)<ref name="NYT socioeconomic diversity">{{cite news |title=Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60. Find Yours. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=18 January 2017 |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410135504/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
! College !! Median !! Top 1% !! Top 10% !! Top 20% !! Bottom 20%
|-
| '''Brown'''
| $204,200 || 19% || 60% || 70% || 4.1%
|-
| '''Columbia'''
| $150,900 || 13% || 48% || 62% || 5.1%
|-
| '''Cornell'''
| $151,600 || 10% || 48% || 64% || 3.8%
|-
| '''Dartmouth'''
| $200,400 || 21% || 58% || 69% || 2.6%
|-
| '''Harvard'''
| $168,800 || 15% || 53% || 67% || 4.5%
|-
| '''Penn'''
| $195,500 || 19% || 45% || 58% || 3.3%
|-
| '''Princeton'''
| $186,100 || 17% || 58% || 72% || 2.2%
|-
| '''Yale'''
| $192,600 || 19% || 57% || 69% || 2.1%
|}
[[File:Learned Hand at Harvarda.jpg|thumb|[[Harvard Law School]] students {{circa|1895}}|alt=]]
Students of the Ivy League, both graduate and undergraduate, come primarily from [[Upper middle class in the United States|upper middle]] and [[American upper class|upper class]] families. In recent years, however, the universities have looked towards increasing socioeconomic and class diversity, by providing greater financial aid packages to applicants from [[American lower class|lower]], [[American working class|working]], and [[Lower middle class#United States|lower middle class]] American families.<ref name="theatlantic.com"/><ref name="McGrath">{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2013/11/27/the-challenge-of-being-poor-at-americas-richest-colleges/ | work=Forbes | first=Maggie | last=McGrath | title=The Challenge Of Being Poor At America's Richest Colleges | date=November 27, 2013 | access-date=September 1, 2017 | archive-date=October 16, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016005556/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2013/11/27/the-challenge-of-being-poor-at-americas-richest-colleges/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, a [[Harvard Crimson]] writer estimated that 46% of Harvard undergraduate students came from families in the top 3.8% of all American households (i.e., over $200,000 annual income).<ref name="McGrath"/> In 2012, the bottom 25% of the American income distribution accounted for only 3–4% of students at Brown, a figure that had remained unchanged since 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.browndailyherald.com/2012/04/23/how-diverse-are-we/|title=How diverse are we?|first1=Margaret|last1=Nickens|first2=Kate|last2=Nussenbaum|date=April 23, 2012|work=The Brown Daily Herald|access-date=October 14, 2014|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019034442/http://www.browndailyherald.com/2012/04/23/how-diverse-are-we/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, 69% of incoming freshmen students at Yale College came from families with annual incomes of over $120,000, putting most Yale College students in the upper-middle and upper classes. (The median household income in the U.S. in 2013 was $52,700.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/01/22/miele-wanted-fewer-dumb-students/|title=MIELE: Wanted, fewer dumb students|first=Adriana|last=Miele|date=January 22, 2014|work=Yale Daily News}}</ref>

In the 2011–2012 academic year, students qualifying for [[Pell Grant]]s (federally funded scholarships on the basis of need) constituted 20% at Harvard, 18% at Cornell, 17% at Penn, 16% at Columbia, 15% at Dartmouth and Brown, 14% at Yale, and 12% at Princeton. Nationally, 35% of American university students qualify for a Pell Grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3801|title=Wanted: smart students from poor families|first=David|last=Zax|work=Yale Alumni Magazine|access-date=October 14, 2014|archive-date=August 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054204/http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3801|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Graduation rates ===
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|+Graduation rate by race/ethnicity (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explorer Colleges by Type, Location, and Degrees |url=https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/colleges/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=College Tuition Compare |language=en |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209044150/https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/colleges/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!College
!American Indian or
Alaska Native
!Asian
!Black
!Hispanic
(of any race )
!Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific Islander
!Non-Hispanic White
!Two or more
races
!Unknown
|-
|'''Brown'''
|57%
|96%
|95%
|95%
| -
|97%
|98%
|96%
|-
|'''Columbia'''
|83%
|98%
|95%
|98%
|50%
|98%
|95%
|100%
|-
|'''Cornell'''
|73%
|96%
|90%
|90%
|75%
|95%
|95%
|94%
|-
|'''Dartmouth'''
|96%
|96%
|82%
|93%
|100%
|95%
|93%
|83%
|-
|'''Harvard'''
|75%
|98%
|96%
|97%
| -
|97%
|98%
|100%
|-
|'''Penn'''
|100%
|97%
|96%
|95%
| -
|96%
|99%
|98%
|-
|'''Princeton'''
|100%
|99%
|95%
|99%
|100%
|99%
|96%
|94%
|-
|'''Yale'''
|100%
|99%
|95%
|95%
| -
|97%
|97%
|100%
|}