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Massachusetts College of Art and Design vs University of North Carolina Wilmington

Boston, MA · Wilmington, NC · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MA:NC

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × NC
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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-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.

  • University of North Carolina Wilmington: enrollment grew +16.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +185 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design: enrollment ranged 1,697–1,861 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.12).
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington: acceptance rate eased +36.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).

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: Massachusetts College of Art and Design vs University of North Carolina Wilmington

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on in-state tuition ($7,277 vs $15,400 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on out-of-state tuition ($24,152 vs $43,400 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($46,972 vs $27,090 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Massachusetts College of Art and Design and University of North Carolina Wilmington?▼
University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on in-state tuition at $7,277 versus $15,400 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Massachusetts College of Art and Design and University of North Carolina Wilmington?▼
University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on out-of-state tuition at $24,152 versus $43,400 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Massachusetts College of Art and Design and University of North Carolina Wilmington?▼
University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $46,972 versus $27,090 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. 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