Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Penn grads earn $18.8K more ten years out than Northeastern's ($111,371 vs. $92,538)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Penn's yield is 14 pts higher than Northeastern's

   Yield rate
3. 3

   Northeastern has 1.6× as many undergrads as Penn

   Undergrads
4. 4

   Penn graduates 6 pts more of its students than Northeastern (97% vs. 91%)

   Graduation rate
5. 5

   Northeastern costs about $4.3K less per year on average than Penn ($51,270 vs. $55,554, all students)

   Average cost, all students
6. 6

   Penn's SAT midpoint is 50 points higher than Northeastern's

   SAT midpoint

The shape of each school

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