Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   UNC costs about $14.5K less per year on average than UVA ($25,694 vs. $40,185, all students)

   Average cost, all students
2. 2

   UVA grads earn $14.7K more ten years out than UNC's ($86,863 vs. $72,200)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
3. 3

   UNC's yield is 5 pts higher than UVA's

   Yield rate
4. 4

   UNC has 4 pts more Pell recipients than UVA (20% vs. 16%)

   Pell Grant recipients
5. 5

   UNC has 4 pts more first-gen students than UVA (20% vs. 16%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   UVA is more diverse (index 0.70 vs. 0.67)

   Diversity index

The shape of each school

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