Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Merrimack's grants cover 42% of its full price on average, vs. 30% at Sacred Heart

   Aid generosity
2. 2

   Merrimack costs about $6.5K less per year on average than Sacred Heart ($42,790 vs. $49,339, all students)

   Average cost, all students
3. 3

   Sacred Heart has 1.8× as many undergrads as Merrimack

   Undergrads
4. 4

   Sacred Heart's yield is 8 pts higher than Merrimack's

   Yield rate
5. 5

   Sacred Heart has 2 pts more first-gen students than Merrimack (23% vs. 21%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Sacred Heart graduates 2 pts more of its students than Merrimack (71% vs. 69%)

   Graduation rate

The shape of each school

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