Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Shorter's yield is 19 pts higher than Piedmont's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Piedmont graduates 10 pts more of its students than Shorter (53% vs. 42%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Shorter costs about $5K less per year on average than Piedmont ($18,326 vs. $23,290, all students)

   Average cost, all students
4. 4

   Piedmont has 5 pts more Pell recipients than Shorter (42% vs. 38%)

   Pell Grant recipients
5. 5

   Piedmont grads earn $4.5K more ten years out than Shorter's ($49,130 vs. $44,604)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
6. 6

   Shorter is more diverse (index 0.59 vs. 0.55)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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