Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Mount Mercy's yield is 12 pts higher than Westmont's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Mount Mercy has 12 pts more first-gen students than Westmont (29% vs. 17%)

   First-generation students
3. 3

   Westmont graduates 10 pts more of its students than Mount Mercy (72% vs. 62%)

   Graduation rate
4. 4

   Mount Mercy costs about $6.9K less per year on average than Westmont ($25,265 vs. $32,194, all students)

   Average cost, all students
5. 5

   Mount Mercy has 7 pts more Pell recipients than Westmont (27% vs. 20%)

   Pell Grant recipients
6. 6

   Westmont grads earn $4K more ten years out than Mount Mercy's ($64,778 vs. $60,787)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs

The shape of each school

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