Drexel University vs Culinary Institute of America

Philadelphia, PA · Hyde Park, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Drexel University: enrollment shrank -16.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -293 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Culinary Institute of America: enrollment ranged 2,774–3,116 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Drexel University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.04).
  • Culinary Institute of America: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.23).

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: Drexel University vs Culinary Institute of America

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Drexel University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($69,063 vs $37,846 at Culinary Institute of America)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Drexel University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($84,648 vs $47,475 at Culinary Institute of America)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Culinary Institute of America leads on median debt at graduation ($15,750 vs $25,325 at Drexel University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Drexel University and Culinary Institute of America?
Drexel University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $69,063 versus $37,846 at Culinary Institute of America. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Drexel University and Culinary Institute of America?
Drexel University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $84,648 versus $47,475 at Culinary Institute of America. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Drexel University and Culinary Institute of America?
Culinary Institute of America leads on median debt at graduation at $15,750 versus $25,325 at Drexel University. 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