Bowdoin College vs Johns Hopkins University

Brunswick, ME · Baltimore, MD · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair ME:MD

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE ME × MD
  • ACCEPT-TIGHT Tight admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Johns Hopkins University: average net price fell -31.7% from $26,596 (2013) to $18,161 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Bowdoin College: net price ranged $16,925–$22,840 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +11.7% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Bowdoin College: acceptance rate tightened -46.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.87).
  • Johns Hopkins University: acceptance rate tightened -58.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.94).

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: Bowdoin College vs Johns Hopkins University

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Johns Hopkins University leads on median debt at graduation ($10,250 vs $18,500 at Bowdoin College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Johns Hopkins University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,306 vs $61,692 at Bowdoin College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Bowdoin College leads on avg net price ($14,398 vs $18,809 at Johns Hopkins University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Bowdoin College and Johns Hopkins University?
Johns Hopkins University leads on median debt at graduation at $10,250 versus $18,500 at Bowdoin College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Bowdoin College and Johns Hopkins University?
Johns Hopkins University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,306 versus $61,692 at Bowdoin College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Bowdoin College and Johns Hopkins University?
Bowdoin College leads on avg net price at $14,398 versus $18,809 at Johns Hopkins University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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