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Fresno State is among the best nationwide at educating and preparing low-income and first-generation students to earn their degrees and find financial success, according to the 2019 Social Mobility Index.
For the third consecutive year, Fresno State placed among the top five best universities for social mobility, ranking No. 3 out of 1,458 schools behind top-ranked Baruch College in New York and California State University, Los Angeles.
Fresno State is one of four California State University campuses that has placed in the top 20 for each of the past six years, showing that access to higher education creates opportunities for individuals to move from one socioeconomic class to another.

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