Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Samuel Merritt grads earn $98K more ten years out than Maryland Institute College of Art's ($143,238 vs. $45,212)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Samuel Merritt graduates 19 pts more of its students than Maryland Institute College of Art (96% vs. 77%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Samuel Merritt has 15 pts more first-gen students than Maryland Institute College of Art (32% vs. 17%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   Maryland Institute College of Art has 1.7× as many undergrads as Samuel Merritt

   Undergrads
5. 5

   Maryland Institute College of Art has 5 pts more Pell recipients than Samuel Merritt (23% vs. 18%)

   Pell Grant recipients
6. 6

   Maryland Institute College of Art is more diverse (index 0.81 vs. 0.78)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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