Georgian Court University vs Carlow University

Lakewood, NJ · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × PA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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-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.

  • Georgian Court University: enrollment ranged 1,166–1,574 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Carlow University: enrollment shrank -10.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -16 students/yr fitted, r² 0.55.
  • Georgian Court University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.04).
  • Carlow University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).

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: Georgian Court University vs Carlow University

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Georgian Court University leads on median debt at graduation ($21,816 vs $25,500 at Carlow University)
  2. RETENTION-RATE Carlow University leads on retention rate (84.4% vs 76.1% at Georgian Court University)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Carlow University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (73.7% vs 66.6% at Georgian Court University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Georgian Court University and Carlow University?
Georgian Court University leads on median debt at graduation at $21,816 versus $25,500 at Carlow University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On retention rate, who leads between Georgian Court University and Carlow University?
Carlow University leads on retention rate at 84.4% versus 76.1% at Georgian Court University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Georgian Court University and Carlow University?
Carlow University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 73.7% versus 66.6% at Georgian Court 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025