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City University of Seattle vs Carnegie Mellon University

Seattle, WA · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × PA
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Carnegie Mellon University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • City University of Seattle: enrollment ranged 651–1,289 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • City University of Seattle: net price ranged $23,557–$35,049 across 3 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +9.1% is not a trend (r² n/a).
  • Carnegie Mellon University: net price ranged $31,102–$37,846 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -5.1% is not a trend (r² 0.04).

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: City University of Seattle vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($105,360 vs $56,195 at City University of Seattle)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($114,862 vs $69,460 at City University of Seattle)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Carnegie Mellon University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (95.0% vs 64.8% at City University of Seattle)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between City University of Seattle and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $105,360 versus $56,195 at City University of Seattle. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between City University of Seattle and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $114,862 versus $69,460 at City University of Seattle. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between City University of Seattle and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 95.0% versus 64.8% at City University of Seattle. 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