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Message: [QUOTE="javadoc, post: 1378301, member: 338"] Couple different dynamics with a state school. In states with a flagship school & program, kids in the state tend to grow up wanting to play for State U. Most of the students are from the state. Much (most?) of the student body is going to remain in the state after graduating. All these factors align. It works over the course of an entire lifetime, through donations and continued support of, and involvement with, the program. I also suspect that there is a wealthy donor effect. You don't need 1,000 wealthy donors to fund a program, or to make infrastructure projects possible. The number might be only 1, maybe 5. A school that churns out many more students is going to have a better chance of 5 graduates striking it big, and being in a position to be a named donor. [/QUOTE]