Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Dickinson costs about $18.4K less per year on average than Colorado ($40,358 vs. $58,712, all students)

   Average cost, all students
2. 2

   Dickinson's grants cover 52% of its full price on average, vs. 33% at Colorado

   Aid generosity
3. 3

   Colorado is 2.2× more selective than Dickinson

   Acceptance rate
4. 4

   Colorado's yield is 10 pts higher than Dickinson's

   Yield rate
5. 5

   Colorado has 5 pts more first-gen students than Dickinson (18% vs. 12%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Dickinson grads earn $5K more ten years out than Colorado's ($70,204 vs. $65,222)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs

The shape of each school

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