College networks

Start from one college you like. You'll see up to 20 others whose students earn degrees in a similar mix of majors, and that are as good or better on yield, graduation rate, and cost — drawn so you can tell which are bigger and which are smaller.

Five ways to see it

• Petri dish

  Schools grow as cells. Cells that beat your school in the same ways clump into colonies.

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• Quest tree

  A video-game skill tree: every level up is one more thing a school does better.

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• Transit map

  Ride the Yield, Graduation, or Cost line out from your school. Interchanges beat it on several.

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• Star chart

  Distance in the sky is distance in majors. Constellations join schools that beat yours the same way.

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• Campus city

  A tiny city where building height is student body size, and each district is better in its own way.

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