Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Bowdoin's yield is 19 pts higher than Carleton's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Bowdoin is 2.6× more selective than Carleton

   Acceptance rate
3. 3

   Bowdoin grads earn $7.2K more ten years out than Carleton's ($82,735 vs. $75,525)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
4. 4

   Bowdoin has 3 pts more first-gen students than Carleton (19% vs. 16%)

   First-generation students
5. 5

   Bowdoin graduates 3 pts more of its students than Carleton (94% vs. 91%)

   Graduation rate
6. 6

   Carleton is more diverse (index 0.70 vs. 0.67)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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