Graphical representation of College Access Index vs. Endowment per Student from New York Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/17/upshot/top-colleges-doing-the-most-for-low-income-students.html Prepared for Reed College Facebook discussion group

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UC - Irvine
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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/17/upshot/top-colleges-doing-the-most-for-low-income-students.html
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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/17/upshot/top-colleges-doing-the-most-for-low-income-students.html
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Reed
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/17/upshot/top-colleges-doing-the-most-for-low-income-students.html
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4. Name Endowment per student CAI
Pomona $1,147 1.32
Swarthmore $1,035 1.03
Grinnell $950 1.16
Amherst $930 1.33
Williams $888 1.21
Wellesley $593 1.23
Bowdoin $574 1.05
Hamilton $417 1.11
Carleton $351 0.91
Haverford $345 1.14
Reed $329 0.96
Colorado
College $318 0.84
Whitman $300 0.66
Davidson $293 1.26
Oberlin $261 0.77
Occidental $157 1.16
Name Endowment per student CAI
Amherst $930 1.33
Pomona $1,147 1.32
Davidson $293 1.26
Wellesley $593 1.23
Williams $888 1.21
Grinnell $950 1.16
Occidental $157 1.16
Haverford $345 1.14
Hamilton $417 1.11
Bowdoin $574 1.05
Swarthmore $1,035 1.03
Reed $329 0.96
Carleton $351 0.91
Colorado
College $318 0.84
Oberlin $261 0.77
Whitman $300 0.66
Sorted by Endowment per
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Sorted by College Access
Index
Data for slide #3
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