An analysis of U.S. college admission practices has found that Ivy-Plus schools are more than twice as likely to accept students from high-income families compared to those from low or middle income families.
The Harvard University-based Opportunity Insights examination released new"college-level statistics" looking at parental income levels for 139 public and private colleges in the United States. The Opportunity Insights study found that students who attend an Ivy-Plus school over another public college have triple the chance of getting a job at a prestigious organization, and it increases the student's chances of making a salary in the top 1%"substantially."