Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Lindenwood costs about $19.1K less per year on average than Rochester Institute of Technology ($21,659 vs. $40,783, all students)

   Average cost, all students
2. 2

   Rochester Institute of Technology grads earn $23.3K more ten years out than Lindenwood's ($76,571 vs. $53,278)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
3. 3

   Rochester Institute of Technology graduates 16 pts more of its students than Lindenwood (73% vs. 57%)

   Graduation rate
4. 4

   Lindenwood has 16 pts more first-gen students than Rochester Institute of Technology (35% vs. 19%)

   First-generation students
5. 5

   Rochester Institute of Technology has 3.0× as many undergrads as Lindenwood

   Undergrads
6. 6

   Lindenwood's yield is 7 pts higher than Rochester Institute of Technology's

   Yield rate

The shape of each school

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