Harvey Mudd College vs Carnegie Mellon University

Claremont, CA · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair CA:PA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × PA
  • ACCEPT-TIGHT Tight admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • Carnegie Mellon University: acceptance rate tightened -55.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.95).
  • Harvey Mudd College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.15).
  • Harvey Mudd College: enrollment grew +13.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +12 students/yr fitted, r² 0.77.
  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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: Harvey Mudd College vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Harvey Mudd College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($138,687 vs $114,862 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Carnegie Mellon University leads on median debt at graduation ($21,750 vs $25,000 at Harvey Mudd College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Carnegie Mellon University leads on avg net price ($31,944 vs $35,924 at Harvey Mudd College)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Harvey Mudd College and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Harvey Mudd College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $138,687 versus $114,862 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Harvey Mudd College and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median debt at graduation at $21,750 versus $25,000 at Harvey Mudd College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Harvey Mudd College and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on avg net price at $31,944 versus $35,924 at Harvey Mudd College. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025