Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Northwestern's grants cover 47% of its full price on average, vs. 29% at Colby-Sawyer

   Aid generosity
2. 2

   Northwestern's yield is 14 pts higher than Colby-Sawyer's

   Yield rate
3. 3

   Colby-Sawyer has 11 pts more first-gen students than Northwestern (24% vs. 13%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   Northwestern has 1.5× as many undergrads as Colby-Sawyer

   Undergrads
5. 5

   Colby-Sawyer is more diverse (index 0.38 vs. 0.33)

   Diversity index
6. 6

   Northwestern grads earn $3.3K more ten years out than Colby-Sawyer's ($49,802 vs. $46,474)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs

The shape of each school

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