Aquinas College vs Bentley University

Grand Rapids, MI · Waltham, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair MI:MA

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × MA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Aquinas College: enrollment shrank -41.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -78 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Bentley University: enrollment ranged 3,942–4,288 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Aquinas College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.37).
  • Bentley University: acceptance rate eased +10.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Aquinas College vs Bentley University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bentley University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($120,959 vs $49,584 at Aquinas College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Aquinas College leads on avg net price ($16,626 vs $37,930 at Bentley University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bentley University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,679 vs $40,161 at Aquinas College)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Aquinas College and Bentley University?
Bentley University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $120,959 versus $49,584 at Aquinas College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Aquinas College and Bentley University?
Aquinas College leads on avg net price at $16,626 versus $37,930 at Bentley University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Aquinas College and Bentley University?
Bentley University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,679 versus $40,161 at Aquinas College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025