Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach costs about $19.1K less per year on average than Southern Methodist ($41,744 vs. $60,825, all students)

   Average cost, all students
2. 2

   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach has 20 pts more first-gen students than Southern Methodist (36% vs. 16%)

   First-generation students
3. 3

   Southern Methodist graduates 16 pts more of its students than Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (82% vs. 66%)

   Graduation rate
4. 4

   Southern Methodist's SAT midpoint is 155 points higher than Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach's

   SAT midpoint
5. 5

   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach's yield is 8 pts higher than Southern Methodist's

   Yield rate
6. 6

   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach grads earn $5.8K more ten years out than Southern Methodist's ($84,131 vs. $78,354)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs

The shape of each school

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