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Excelsior University vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Albany, NY · Cambridge, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × MA
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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.

  • Excelsior University: enrollment shrank -66.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -3,096 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 4,360–4,638 (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.

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Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Excelsior University vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($131,633 vs $63,796 at Excelsior University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($143,372 vs $78,493 at Excelsior University)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (94.7% vs 65.1% at Excelsior University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Excelsior University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology?▼
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $131,633 versus $63,796 at Excelsior University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Excelsior University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology?▼
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $143,372 versus $78,493 at Excelsior University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Excelsior University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology?▼
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 94.7% versus 65.1% at Excelsior 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