Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Palo Alto grads earn $26.3K more ten years out than Chicago School at Chicago's ($83,187 vs. $56,899)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Chicago School at Chicago has 1.5× as many undergrads as Palo Alto

   Undergrads
3. 3

   Chicago School at Chicago has 5 pts more Pell recipients than Palo Alto (55% vs. 50%)

   Pell Grant recipients
4. 4

   Palo Alto is more diverse (index 0.76 vs. 0.74)

   Diversity index
5. 5

   Palo Alto has 1 pts more first-gen students than Chicago School at Chicago (47% vs. 46%)

   First-generation students

The shape of each school

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