Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Lehigh grads earn $27.4K more ten years out than Wake Forest's ($105,584 vs. $78,158)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Lehigh costs about $14.7K less per year on average than Wake Forest ($50,810 vs. $65,515, all students)

   Average cost, all students
3. 3

   Lehigh's grants cover 37% of its full price on average, vs. 25% at Wake Forest

   Aid generosity
4. 4

   Wake Forest's yield is 9 pts higher than Lehigh's

   Yield rate
5. 5

   Lehigh has 8 pts more Pell recipients than Wake Forest (18% vs. 10%)

   Pell Grant recipients
6. 6

   Lehigh is more diverse (index 0.61 vs. 0.55)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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