The Social Fabric of College: Economic Connectedness by Institutional Tier
Economic connectedness measures cross-class friendships. Exposure measures mixing. Bias measures whether friendships form. Hover for details.
Key insight: Elite schools score highest on EC and exposure, but friending bias is near-zero everywhere. The gap is driven by who鈥檚 on campus (exposure), not by whether students befriend across class lines.
Source: Chetty et al., Social Capital Atlas (2022) | Facebook friendships, ages 25鈥�44