Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Shorter's yield is 25 pts higher than New England's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Shorter costs about $11.6K less per year on average than New England ($18,326 vs. $29,907, all students)

   Average cost, all students
3. 3

   Shorter graduates 13 pts more of its students than New England (42% vs. 29%)

   Graduation rate
4. 4

   New England has 11 pts more first-gen students than Shorter (46% vs. 35%)

   First-generation students
5. 5

   Shorter grads earn $2.5K more ten years out than New England's ($44,604 vs. $42,092)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
6. 6

   Shorter has 2 pts more Pell recipients than New England (38% vs. 36%)

   Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

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