Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    U. Portland's grants cover 57% of its full price on average, vs. 40% at Marymount

    Aid generosity
  2. 2

    U. Portland grads earn $15.3K more ten years out than Marymount's ($82,804 vs. $67,516)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  3. 3

    U. Portland graduates 12 pts more of its students than Marymount (80% vs. 68%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Marymount has 12 pts more first-gen students than U. Portland (30% vs. 18%)

    First-generation students
  5. 5

    U. Portland costs about $5.3K less per year on average than Marymount ($32,279 vs. $37,556, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  6. 6

    U. Portland has 1.6× as many undergrads as Marymount

    Undergrads

The shape of each school

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

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Hollow dots at the center mean that measure isn't reported.

Who's hardest to get into

U. Portland admits 89%, Marymount 93%; Marymount's yield is higher, at 12%.

Acceptance rate
Marymount93%
U. Portland89%
Quad's selectivity
  • MarymountOpen
  • U. PortlandAccessible
SAT middle 50%Axis 1100–1600
MarymountTest-blind
U. Portland
1160–1370
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • MarymountGPA and school record required
  • U. PortlandGPA, school record, and prep program required

Who's on each campus

U. Portland has 1.6× as many undergrads as Marymount; Marymount has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Marymount1.8K
U. Portland3K
Pell Grant share
Marymount23%
U. Portland22%

Majors and faculty

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse leads at both; U. Portland has 9 students per faculty member to Marymount's 14.

Students per faculty member
Marymount14 to 1
U. Portland9 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • MarymountRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse29%
  • U. PortlandRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse27%

What each costs

U. Portland costs about $5.3K less a year than Marymount on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Marymount$37.6K
U. Portland$32.3K
Aid generosity
Marymount40%
U. Portland57%

What each pays off

U. Portland's former students earn more, a median $82.8K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 60% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Marymount$67.5K
U. Portland$82.8K
Graduation rate
Marymount68%
U. Portland80%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Marymount but fell at U. Portland; both got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • MarymountGrowing+119%
  • U. PortlandShrinking−25%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
Sources for this comparisonEvery dataset and year behind the numbers in this comparison; tap any ⓘ for one number's source

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why