Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   U. Texas Permian Basin's yield is 33 pts higher than Salem State's

   Yield rate
2. 2

   Salem State graduates 13 pts more of its students than U. Texas Permian Basin (62% vs. 49%)

   Graduation rate
3. 3

   U. Texas Permian Basin has 6 pts more first-gen students than Salem State (46% vs. 40%)

   First-generation students
4. 4

   U. Texas Permian Basin has 3 pts more Pell recipients than Salem State (39% vs. 35%)

   Pell Grant recipients
5. 5

   Salem State is more diverse (index 0.65 vs. 0.63)

   Diversity index
6. 6

   U. Texas Permian Basin costs about $1.3K less per year on average than Salem State ($20,670 vs. $21,984, all students)

   Average cost, all students

The shape of each school

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