Bentley University vs Rochester Institute of Technology

Waltham, MA · Rochester, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × NY
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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.

  • Rochester Institute of Technology: enrollment grew +5.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +49 students/yr fitted, r² 0.42.
  • Bentley University: enrollment ranged 3,942–4,288 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Bentley University: acceptance rate eased +10.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).
  • Rochester Institute of Technology: acceptance rate eased +18.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.65).

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: Bentley University vs Rochester Institute of Technology

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bentley University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($120,959 vs $76,571 at Rochester Institute of Technology)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Bentley University leads on acceptance rate (45.1% vs 66.9% at Rochester Institute of Technology)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bentley University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,679 vs $65,457 at Rochester Institute of Technology)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Bentley University and Rochester Institute of Technology?
Bentley University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $120,959 versus $76,571 at Rochester Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Bentley University and Rochester Institute of Technology?
Bentley University leads on acceptance rate at 45.1% versus 66.9% at Rochester Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Bentley University and Rochester Institute of Technology?
Bentley University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,679 versus $65,457 at Rochester Institute of Technology. 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