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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus vs University of California-Berkeley

Atlanta, GA · Berkeley, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair GA:CA

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-TIGHT · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × CA
  • ACCEPT-TIGHT Tight admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

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Nearly parallel enrollment growth

ENROLL-RACE · narrow · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of California-Berkeley 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.
  • University of California-Berkeley: enrollment grew +27.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +670 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus: acceptance rate tightened -70.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.72).
  • University of California-Berkeley: acceptance rate tightened -35.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.59).

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 University of California-Berkeley

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of California-Berkeley leads on median debt at graduation ($13,000 vs $21,672 at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($34,484 vs $50,547 at University of California-Berkeley)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition ($12,058 vs $16,347 at University of California-Berkeley)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of California-Berkeley?▼
University of California-Berkeley leads on median debt at graduation at $13,000 versus $21,672 at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of California-Berkeley?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $34,484 versus $50,547 at University of California-Berkeley. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of California-Berkeley?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition at $12,058 versus $16,347 at University of California-Berkeley. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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