Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Penn grads earn $28.9K more ten years out than New York's ($111,371 vs. $82,509)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Penn costs about $12.2K less per year on average than New York ($55,554 vs. $67,760, all students)

   Average cost, all students
3. 3

   Penn's grants cover 38% of its full price on average, vs. 23% at New York

   Aid generosity
4. 4

   New York has 2.7× as many undergrads as Penn

   Undergrads
5. 5

   Penn's yield is 13 pts higher than New York's

   Yield rate
6. 6

   Penn graduates 10 pts more of its students than New York (97% vs. 88%)

   Graduation rate

The shape of each school

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