Howard University vs Medical University of South Carolina

Washington, DC · Charleston, SC · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair DC:SC

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-FOCUS

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE DC × SC
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Howard University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Howard University: enrollment grew +40.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +303 students/yr fitted, r² 0.57.
  • Medical University of South Carolina: enrollment ranged 205–334 (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.

Scorecard metrics

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

Largest gaps: Howard University vs Medical University of South Carolina

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Medical University of South Carolina leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (90.0% vs 44.8% at Howard University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Medical University of South Carolina leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($77,677 vs $47,379 at Howard University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Medical University of South Carolina leads on median debt at graduation ($15,000 vs $24,500 at Howard University)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Howard University and Medical University of South Carolina?
Medical University of South Carolina leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 90.0% versus 44.8% at Howard University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Howard University and Medical University of South Carolina?
Medical University of South Carolina leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $77,677 versus $47,379 at Howard University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Howard University and Medical University of South Carolina?
Medical University of South Carolina leads on median debt at graduation at $15,000 versus $24,500 at Howard University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025