Stephen Murray used net-price calculators to help his daughter Carolyn narrow her list of schools.

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Next on the list: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont with a net hiring outlook of 19%.

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The top ten list ranks companies by their cash donations (as a percentage of their net income) separately from in-kind contributions and is based on statistics compiled by The Chronicle and Forbes.

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