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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus vs Carnegie Mellon University

Atlanta, GA · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair GA:PA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-TIGHT · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE GA × PA
  • ACCEPT-TIGHT Tight admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Nearly parallel enrollment growth

ENROLL-RACE · narrow · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and Carnegie Mellon University across 2013–2023 on similar paces, while acceptance rates tightened on both sides, a growth-under-squeeze pattern rather than a pure size race.

  • Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus: enrollment grew +30.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +396 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus: acceptance rate tightened -70.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.72).
  • Carnegie Mellon University: acceptance rate tightened -55.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.95).

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: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition ($12,058 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on avg net price ($12,116 vs $31,944 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($34,484 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition at $12,058 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on avg net price at $12,116 versus $31,944 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $34,484 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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