Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Hope's yield is 13 pts higher than Xavier's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Hope graduates 7 pts more of its students than Xavier (80% vs. 73%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   Xavier grads earn $6.4K more ten years out than Hope's ($64,873 vs. $58,427)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
4. 4

   Xavier is more diverse (index 0.45 vs. 0.39)

   Diversity index
5. 5

   Xavier's grants cover 48% of its full price on average, vs. 43% at Hope

   Aid generosity
6. 6

   Hope costs about $2.8K less per year on average than Xavier ($31,563 vs. $34,357, 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.