Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Brown's yield is 6 pts higher than Duke's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Duke grads earn $4.3K more ten years out than Brown's ($97,800 vs. $93,487)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
3. 3

   Brown costs about $3.1K less per year on average than Duke ($55,485 vs. $58,582, all students)

   Average cost, all students
4. 4

   Brown's grants cover 37% of its full price on average, vs. 33% at Duke

   Aid generosity
5. 5

   Brown has 4 pts more first-gen students than Duke (17% vs. 13%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Duke admits 4.7% vs. 5.4% at Brown

   Acceptance rate

The shape of each school

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