Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Lake Forest has 4 pts more first-gen students than Simmons (25% vs. 20%)

   First-generation students
2. 2

   Lake Forest admits 57% vs. 70% at Simmons

   Acceptance rate
3. 3

   Lake Forest's grants cover 56% of its full price on average, vs. 53% at Simmons

   Aid generosity
4. 4

   Lake Forest's yield is 3 pts higher than Simmons's

   Yield rate
5. 5

   Simmons is more diverse (index 0.73 vs. 0.70)

   Diversity index
6. 6

   Simmons grads earn $1.7K more ten years out than Lake Forest's ($63,494 vs. $61,825)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs

The shape of each school

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