Lincoln University scored highest among Chester County colleges in a new study that measures schools’ roles in intergenerational mobility based on the economic makeup of their students.

The study points to the fact that some elite colleges have focused more on being affordable than being accessible, write Gregor Aisch, Larry Buchanan, Amanda Cox, and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times.

“Free tuition only helps if you can get in,” said Danny Yagan, an assistant professor of economics at the University of California and one of the study’s authors.

The first percentage measures how many enrolled students are from the poorest 40 percent of the population. The second is mobility, which measures the percentage of students who transition from lower- to higher-income brackets after graduating.

Click on the links below to see each school’s full report and ranking.

Lincoln University has 49.2 percent from the poorest 40 percent with a mobility rate of 23.4 percent. Penn State is at 16.2 and 9.3, while Villanova University has 6.7 and 5.0., the lowest in the region.

Of the other Chester County schools, Delaware County Community College has 23.8 and 9.0, Immaculata University has 15.6 and 8.4, and West Chester University has 13.1 and 7.8.

Data for the University of Valley Forge in Phoenixville was not available.

See the complete rankings in The New York Times here.