Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Southern Arkansas University Main Campus has 8 pts more first-gen students than Georgia Southwestern State (42% vs. 35%)

   First-generation students
2. 2

   Georgia Southwestern State grads earn $6.4K more ten years out than Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's ($48,757 vs. $42,386)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
3. 3

   Southern Arkansas University Main Campus has 5 pts more Pell recipients than Georgia Southwestern State (48% vs. 43%)

   Pell Grant recipients
4. 4

   Georgia Southwestern State is more diverse (index 0.58 vs. 0.54)

   Diversity index
5. 5

   Georgia Southwestern State costs about $2.7K less per year on average than Southern Arkansas University Main Campus ($13,281 vs. $15,936, all students)

   Average cost, all students
6. 6

   Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's yield is 3 pts higher than Georgia Southwestern State's

   Yield rate

The shape of each school

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