Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Yale's yield is 23 pts higher than Johns Hopkins's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Yale grads earn $13K more ten years out than Johns Hopkins's ($100,533 vs. $87,555)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
3. 3

   Yale has 12 pts more first-gen students than Johns Hopkins (25% vs. 13%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   Yale is 1.7× more selective than Johns Hopkins

   Acceptance rate
5. 5

   Yale graduates 4 pts more of its students than Johns Hopkins (98% vs. 94%)

   Graduation rate
6. 6

   Johns Hopkins's SAT midpoint is 25 points higher than Yale's

   SAT midpoint

The shape of each school

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