Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Penn grads earn $22K more ten years out than Northwestern's ($111,371 vs. $89,363)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Penn's yield is 13 pts higher than Northwestern's

   Yield rate
3. 3

   Penn admits 5.4% vs. 7.7% at Northwestern

   Acceptance rate
4. 4

   Penn has 4 pts more first-gen students than Northwestern (19% vs. 15%)

   First-generation students
5. 5

   Penn costs about $1.7K less per year on average than Northwestern ($55,554 vs. $57,229, all students)

   Average cost, all students
6. 6

   Northwestern has 2 pts more Pell recipients than Penn (19% vs. 17%)

   Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

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