Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Bethel grads earn $9.7K more ten years out than Messiah's ($63,764 vs. $54,064)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Messiah graduates 5 pts more of its students than Bethel (77% vs. 72%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Messiah's yield is 4 pts higher than Bethel's

   Yield rate
4. 4

   Messiah costs about $2.4K less per year on average than Bethel ($30,194 vs. $32,629, all students)

   Average cost, all students
5. 5

   Messiah is a bit larger (2,259 vs. 1,871)

   Undergrads
6. 6

   Messiah is more diverse (index 0.42 vs. 0.40)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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