Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Menlo grads earn $30.4K more ten years out than Cambridge's ($76,419 vs. $45,998)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Menlo graduates 20 pts more of its students than Cambridge (60% vs. 40%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Cambridge has 11 pts more first-gen students than Menlo (51% vs. 40%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   Menlo is more diverse (index 0.80 vs. 0.72)

   Diversity index
5. 5

   Menlo is a bit larger (752 vs. 532)

   Undergrads
6. 6

   Menlo has 1 pts more Pell recipients than Cambridge (31% vs. 30%)

   Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.