Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Saint Mary's College of California grads earn $21.5K more ten years out than Fairleigh Dickinson's ($78,812 vs. $57,273)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Saint Mary's College of California graduates 20 pts more of its students than Fairleigh Dickinson (76% vs. 56%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Fairleigh Dickinson has 17 pts more first-gen students than Saint Mary's College of California (43% vs. 26%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   Fairleigh Dickinson costs about $10.4K less per year on average than Saint Mary's College of California ($25,197 vs. $35,628, all students)

   Average cost, all students
5. 5

   Fairleigh Dickinson is more diverse (index 0.79 vs. 0.73)

   Diversity index
6. 6

   Saint Mary's College of California has 5 pts more Pell recipients than Fairleigh Dickinson (27% vs. 22%)

   Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

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