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The university is ranked No. 6 in the nation among more than 1,500 universities on the annual 2021 Social Mobility Index (SMI) published by CollegeNET.
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Out of nearly 1,450 universities in the nation, CSUSB was ranked No. 7 for social mobility according to CollegeNET’s annual Social Mobility Index.
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CSUSB was listed at No. 6 in CollegeNET’s 2019 Social Mobility Index, which measures the extent to which a college educates more economically disadvantaged students at lower tuition and graduates them into good paying jobs.
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CSUSB is No. 17 in the nation on the "Social Mobility Index" (SMI), developed by PayScale and CollegeNET, that measures the extent to which a college or university educates more economically-disadvantaged students at lower tuition.