Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Maine Maritime Academy grads earn $39.2K more ten years out than Dickinson State's ($89,964 vs. $50,720)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Maine Maritime Academy graduates 28 pts more of its students than Dickinson State (72% vs. 44%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Dickinson State costs about $15.7K less per year on average than Maine Maritime Academy ($16,491 vs. $32,175, all students)

   Average cost, all students
4. 4

   Dickinson State's yield is 19 pts higher than Maine Maritime Academy's

   Yield rate
5. 5

   Dickinson State has 10 pts more first-gen students than Maine Maritime Academy (31% vs. 21%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Dickinson State is more diverse (index 0.40 vs. 0.34)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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