Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Stanford grads earn $22.3K more ten years out than Harvard's ($124,080 vs. $101,817)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Stanford has 5 pts more first-gen students than Harvard (30% vs. 26%)

   First-generation students
3. 3

   Stanford's SAT midpoint is 45 points higher than Harvard's

   SAT midpoint
4. 4

   Stanford has 3 pts more Pell recipients than Harvard (19% vs. 16%)

   Pell Grant recipients
5. 5

   Stanford admits 3.6% vs. 4.2% at Harvard

   Acceptance rate
6. 6

   Harvard costs about $1.3K less per year on average than Stanford ($48,312 vs. $49,604, all students)

   Average cost, all students

The shape of each school

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