Major support for The College Track: America's Sorting Machine was provided by Lumina Foundation for Education, The Ford Foundation, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Corporate support was provided by ETS and U.S. News & World Report.

Additional support was provided by GE Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.