Alumni Donations Claremont McKenna College

Lauren Buchanan, Sasi Desai, Sze Wai Yuen

How Much Money Will YOU Give Back?

• Research Question: What factors determine how much money, if any at all, a CMC alumnus will give back to the school?

• Objective: We would like to know if one’s gender, last dorm, sports involvement, major, and/ or graduate degree, current residence, CMC children, will affect how if and how much money they give back to the school.

• Hypothesis: We believe one’s major and graduate degree will affect donation likelihood the most, followed by gender, sports involvement, CMC children, current residence, and lastly, senior year dorm.

Summary Statistics• Data obtained from “Phonenite” @ CMC.• Population Size: 13747 Alumni• Sample Selected: 9022 Alumni

Dependent Variable Percentage of Population

Female 18.50%

In-State 49.60%

CMC Children 2.70%

Graduate Degree 48.87%

Athlete 59.00%

Simple RegressionsMajor T-Statistic Value Major T-Statistic Value

Accounting -0.26117 Government -1.10484Biological Sciences

-0.71744 Humanities -0.72312

Chemical Sciences -0.28276 International Relations

-0.61523

Cultural Studies -0.30122 Literature -0.83654

Economics 3.580971 Management Engineering

-0.32970

Econ-Accounting -0.72149 Mathematics -0.50104

EEP -0.31173 PPE -0.45010General Sciences -0.66475 Psychology -0.72000

T-Statistics for Regressions Performed against Majors

Simple RegressionsGraduate Degree T-Statistic Value

PHD -0.66926

MD -0.43922

LLB -0.20631

MA -0.74748

MBA 4.29000

LLM 0.06431

JD 0.970096

MS 0.059127

T-Statistics for Regressions Performed against Graduate Degrees

Final Regression!Independent

VariableT-Statistic Value

Economics 2.259791

Female-0.67056

MBA3.340906

Children9.972906

In-State2.345407

Abroad-0.32417

Fun Facts!

Highest Overall Average Contributor By Dorm: WohlfordLowest Overall Average Contributor By Dorm: Marks

Highest Overall Average Contributor By Quad: North QuadLowest Overall Average Contributor By Quad: Mid Quad

Highest Individual Contribution: $10,196,371.29Lowest Individual Contribution: $1.00

*Female and male contribution was almost equivalent.

So What? • Our conclusion reveals that an ideal donor is…

– An Economics Major– Obtained an MBA– Lives in California– Has Children Who Attend CMC– From North Quad

• Factors that do not affect donation amount…– Major other than Economics– Graduate Degree other than MBA– Current Global Position– Graduation Year– Gender– Athlete

So How Much Are YOU Going to Give?