Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Carnegie Mellon grads earn $34.7K more ten years out than Emory's ($114,862 vs. $80,137)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Carnegie Mellon's yield is 9 pts higher than Emory's

   Yield rate
3. 3

   Emory has 6 pts more first-gen students than Carnegie Mellon (16% vs. 10%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   Carnegie Mellon's SAT midpoint is 30 points higher than Emory's

   SAT midpoint
5. 5

   Emory costs about $1.7K less per year on average than Carnegie Mellon ($57,300 vs. $58,996, all students)

   Average cost, all students
6. 6

   Emory has 2 pts more Pell recipients than Carnegie Mellon (18% vs. 16%)

   Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

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