Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Carnegie Mellon grads earn $21.4K more ten years out than Brown's ($114,862 vs. $93,487)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Brown's yield is 18 pts higher than Carnegie Mellon's

   Yield rate
3. 3

   Brown is 2.1× more selective than Carnegie Mellon

   Acceptance rate
4. 4

   Brown's grants cover 37% of its full price on average, vs. 30% at Carnegie Mellon

   Aid generosity
5. 5

   Brown has 7 pts more first-gen students than Carnegie Mellon (17% vs. 10%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Brown graduates 6 pts more of its students than Carnegie Mellon (96% vs. 90%)

   Graduation rate

The shape of each school

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