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Transparent, data-only side-by-sides on the numbers that decide value: net price, graduate earnings, graduation, debt, and years to recoup cost. Built from the most recent College Scorecard and IPEDS release (2024-25). Want a pairing that is not here? Build any head-to-head in the dashboard.

Harvard University vs Yale University Harvard University vs Princeton University Harvard University vs Stanford University Stanford University vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California-Los Angeles vs University of Southern California University of California-Berkeley vs Stanford University University of California-Berkeley vs University of California-Los Angeles University of Michigan-Ann Arbor vs Ohio State University-Main Campus University of Michigan-Ann Arbor vs Michigan State University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vs Duke University The University of Texas at Austin vs Texas A&M University-College Station University of Florida vs Florida State University University of Georgia vs Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus vs University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus New York University vs Columbia University in the City of New York Boston University vs Boston College University of Wisconsin-Madison vs University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs Purdue University-Main Campus University of Washington-Seattle Campus vs University of Oregon University of Virginia-Main Campus vs Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Notre Dame vs Boston College Cornell University vs University of Pennsylvania The University of Alabama vs Auburn University Indiana University-Bloomington vs Purdue University-Main Campus University of Arizona vs Arizona State University Campus Immersion Rutgers University-New Brunswick vs Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University of Colorado Boulder vs Colorado State University-Fort Collins University of Maryland-College Park vs University of Virginia-Main Campus The University of Tennessee-Knoxville vs University of Kentucky University of Iowa vs Iowa State University University of Kansas vs Kansas State University University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus vs Oklahoma State University-Main Campus University of Missouri-Columbia vs University of Kansas University of South Carolina-Columbia vs Clemson University Howard University vs Hampton University Morehouse College vs Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University North Carolina A & T State University vs Howard University Northwestern University vs University of Chicago Carnegie Mellon University vs Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus University of California-San Diego vs University of California-Irvine University of California-Davis vs University of California-Santa Barbara

Data comparisons, not endorsements or quality ratings. Figures lag the current year by 2–3 years and may be revised. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS; U.S. Census Bureau, ACS. Compiled by Ibex Insights.