Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

1. 1

   Trinity grads earn $23.2K more ten years out than Whitman's ($90,779 vs. $67,589)

   Median earnings, 10 yrs
2. 2

   Whitman costs about $9.9K less per year on average than Trinity ($40,214 vs. $50,148, all students)

   Average cost, all students
3. 3

   Trinity's yield is 11 pts higher than Whitman's

   Yield rate
4. 4

   Whitman graduates 7 pts more of its students than Trinity (90% vs. 83%)

   Graduation rate
5. 5

   Trinity has 6 pts more first-gen students than Whitman (18% vs. 12%)

   First-generation students
6. 6

   Whitman's grants cover 49% of its full price on average, vs. 43% at Trinity

   Aid generosity

The shape of each school

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