Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Rush grads earn $42.3K more ten years out than Carolina's ($75,194 vs. $32,864)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Rush graduates 44 pts more of its students than Carolina (83% vs. 39%)

    Graduation rate
  3. 3

    Carolina has 3.3× as many undergrads as Rush

    Undergrads
  4. 4

    Rush has 15 pts more first-gen students than Carolina (47% vs. 33%)

    First-generation students
  5. 5

    Carolina is more diverse (index 0.76 vs. 0.75)

    Diversity index
  6. 6

    Carolina has 1 pts more Pell recipients than Rush (37% vs. 37%)

    Pell Grant recipients

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

Carolina admits 40%; Rush doesn't report an acceptance rate.

Acceptance rate
Carolina40%
RushNot reported
Quad's selectivity
  • CarolinaAccessible
  • RushNot rated
SAT middle 50%
CarolinaTest-blind
RushNot reported
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • CarolinaGPA and school record required
  • RushNot reported

Who's on each campus

Carolina has 3.3× as many undergrads as Rush; both have the same Pell share, 37%.

Undergrads
Carolina460
Rush138
Pell Grant share
Carolina37%
Rush37%

Majors and faculty

Business Administration and Management leads at Carolina, and Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer at Rush.

Students per faculty member
Carolina17 to 1
Rush10 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • CarolinaBusiness Administration and Management, General46%
  • RushRadiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer37%

What each costs

Only Carolina reports an average cost ($22.3K).

Average cost, all students
Carolina$22.3K
RushNot reported
Aid generosity
Carolina35%
RushNot reported

What each pays off

Rush's former students earn more, a median $75.2K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 83% at Rush to 39% at Carolina.

Median earnings, 10 years
Carolina$32.9K
Rush$75.2K
Graduation rate
Carolina39%
Rush83%
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