Citadel Military College of South Carolina vs Rice University

Charleston, SC · Houston, TX · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair SC:TX

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE SC × TX
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • Rice University: acceptance rate tightened -52.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.85).
  • Citadel Military College of South Carolina: acceptance rate eased +22.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.54).
  • Citadel Military College of South Carolina: enrollment ranged 2,616–2,908 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Rice University: enrollment grew +16.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +64 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.

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: Citadel Military College of South Carolina vs Rice University

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Citadel Military College of South Carolina leads on in-state tuition ($12,570 vs $64,144 at Rice University)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Rice University leads on acceptance rate (8.0% vs 22.7% at Citadel Military College of South Carolina)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Rice University leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $21,096 at Citadel Military College of South Carolina)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Citadel Military College of South Carolina and Rice University?
Citadel Military College of South Carolina leads on in-state tuition at $12,570 versus $64,144 at Rice University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Citadel Military College of South Carolina and Rice University?
Rice University leads on acceptance rate at 8.0% versus 22.7% at Citadel Military College of South Carolina. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Citadel Military College of South Carolina and Rice University?
Rice University leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 versus $21,096 at Citadel Military College of South Carolina. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025