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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts vs University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus

North Adams, MA · Waterbury, CT · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MA:CT

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × CT
  • 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 · Out-of-State Tuition

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: average net price rose +27.5% from $14,837 (2013) to $18,920 (2023), r² 0.44.
  • University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus: net price ranged $7,599–$9,525 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.6% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: acceptance rate eased +37.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.91).
  • University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus: acceptance rate eased +106.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.58).

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 Liberal Arts vs University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts leads on out-of-state tuition ($21,381 vs $40,808 at University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($63,322 vs $36,803 at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($73,997 vs $48,102 at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus?▼
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts leads on out-of-state tuition at $21,381 versus $40,808 at University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus?▼
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $63,322 versus $36,803 at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus?▼
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $73,997 versus $48,102 at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025