Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Illinois Wesleyan grads earn $14K more ten years out than Southwestern's ($70,871 vs. $56,878)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Illinois Wesleyan graduates 9 pts more of its students than Southwestern (82% vs. 73%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Illinois Wesleyan's grants cover 59% of its full price on average, vs. 51% at Southwestern

   Aid generosity
4. 4

   Southwestern is more diverse (index 0.64 vs. 0.56)

   Diversity index
5. 5

   Illinois Wesleyan costs about $3.9K less per year on average than Southwestern ($28,953 vs. $32,881, all students)

   Average cost, all students
6. 6

   Southwestern has 3 pts more first-gen students than Illinois Wesleyan (20% vs. 18%)

   First-generation students

The shape of each school

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