Covenant College vs Washington and Lee University

Lookout Mountain, GA · Lexington, VA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair GA:VA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × VA
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

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.

  • Covenant College: acceptance rate tightened -14.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.48).
  • Washington and Lee University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.13).
  • Covenant College: enrollment shrank -19.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -27 students/yr fitted, r² 0.91.
  • Washington and Lee University: enrollment ranged 1,819–1,884 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Covenant College vs Washington and Lee University

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Washington and Lee University leads on acceptance rate (14.0% vs 86.5% at Covenant College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Washington and Lee University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($76,516 vs $39,570 at Covenant College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Washington and Lee University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($94,810 vs $50,412 at Covenant College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Covenant College and Washington and Lee University?
Washington and Lee University leads on acceptance rate at 14.0% versus 86.5% at Covenant College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Covenant College and Washington and Lee University?
Washington and Lee University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $76,516 versus $39,570 at Covenant College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Covenant College and Washington and Lee University?
Washington and Lee University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $94,810 versus $50,412 at Covenant College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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