Art Center College of Design vs Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA · Terre Haute, IN · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IN
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 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.

  • Art Center College of Design: enrollment grew +17.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +30 students/yr fitted, r² 0.78.
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 1,969–2,231 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Art Center College of Design: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.19).
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: acceptance rate eased +29.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).

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: Art Center College of Design vs Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($85,935 vs $53,562 at Art Center College of Design)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($101,253 vs $71,958 at Art Center College of Design)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (97.1% vs 74.1% at Art Center College of Design)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Art Center College of Design and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology?
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $85,935 versus $53,562 at Art Center College of Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Art Center College of Design and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology?
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $101,253 versus $71,958 at Art Center College of Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Art Center College of Design and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology?
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 97.1% versus 74.1% at Art Center College of Design. 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 (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025