Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   CUNY Bernard M Baruch grads earn $11.6K more ten years out than California State University-Long Beach's ($75,971 vs. $64,403)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   California State University-Long Beach graduates 11 pts more of its students than CUNY Bernard M Baruch (82% vs. 71%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   California State University-Long Beach has 2.2× as many undergrads as CUNY Bernard M Baruch

   Undergrads
4. 4

   CUNY Bernard M Baruch is more diverse (index 0.75 vs. 0.66)

   Diversity index
5. 5

   CUNY Bernard M Baruch has 7 pts more Pell recipients than California State University-Long Beach (57% vs. 50%)

   Pell Grant recipients
6. 6

   California State University-Long Beach costs about $3K less per year on average than CUNY Bernard M Baruch ($19,777 vs. $22,824, all students)

   Average cost, all students

The shape of each school

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