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Saturday, April 27
Roosevelt University ranks 54th in the higher ed Social Mobility Index from CollegeNET and PayScale, a ranking that measures the impact an institution has on helping lower-income students enter careers that will provide livable wages. Illinois as a whole ranks 17th in the nation, with seven Chicago colleges on the list. University of Chicago ranked 512 out of 539; conspicuously, UIC and U of I weren't included in the survey. (Thanks, Veronica!)
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