Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Carnegie Mellon grads earn $17.1K more ten years out than Duke's ($114,862 vs. $97,800)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Duke is 2.4× more selective than Carnegie Mellon

   Acceptance rate
3. 3

   Duke's yield is 12 pts higher than Carnegie Mellon's

   Yield rate
4. 4

   Duke graduates 6 pts more of its students than Carnegie Mellon (97% vs. 90%)

   Graduation rate
5. 5

   Duke has 4 pts more first-gen students than Carnegie Mellon (13% vs. 10%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Duke's grants cover 33% of its full price on average, vs. 30% at Carnegie Mellon

   Aid generosity

The shape of each school

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