College of Charleston vs University of Maryland-College Park

Charleston, SC · College Park, MD · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair SC:MD

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × MD
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • College of Charleston: average net price rose +22.6% from $15,915 (2013) to $19,518 (2023), r² 0.62.
  • University of Maryland-College Park: net price ranged $15,590–$19,045 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.9% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • College of Charleston: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.04).
  • University of Maryland-College Park: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).

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: College of Charleston vs University of Maryland-College Park

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($67,785 vs $43,821 at College of Charleston)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($82,860 vs $56,416 at College of Charleston)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI University of Maryland-College Park leads on 150%-time completion (88.6% vs 65.4% at College of Charleston)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between College of Charleston and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $67,785 versus $43,821 at College of Charleston. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between College of Charleston and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $82,860 versus $56,416 at College of Charleston. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between College of Charleston and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on 150%-time completion at 88.6% versus 65.4% at College of Charleston. 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