Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   UCLA is 4.2× more selective than UIUC

   Acceptance rate
2. 2

   UCLA's yield is 19 pts higher than UIUC's

   Yield rate
3. 3

   UCLA has 13 pts more first-gen students than UIUC (38% vs. 25%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   UCLA graduates 7 pts more of its students than UIUC (93% vs. 86%)

   Graduation rate
5. 5

   UIUC costs about $3.7K less per year on average than UCLA ($28,467 vs. $32,201, all students)

   Average cost, all students
6. 6

   UCLA has 5 pts more Pell recipients than UIUC (28% vs. 23%)

   Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

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