Dominican University vs Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

River Forest, IL · Philadelphia, PA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair IL:PA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × PA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Dominican University: enrollment ranged 2,020–2,288 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: enrollment shrank -9.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -92 students/yr fitted, r² 0.51.
  • Dominican University: acceptance rate eased +33.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.78).
  • Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.17).

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: Dominican University vs Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Dominican University leads on avg net price ($11,745 vs $29,689 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($86,881 vs $60,327 at Dominican University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($66,438 vs $47,907 at Dominican University)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Dominican University and Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia?
Dominican University leads on avg net price at $11,745 versus $29,689 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Dominican University and Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia?
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $86,881 versus $60,327 at Dominican University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Dominican University and Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia?
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $66,438 versus $47,907 at Dominican University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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