Massachusetts Institute of Technology vs Yale University

Cambridge, MA · New Haven, CT · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair MA:CT

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 MA × CT
  • 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 (6 yr)

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

Yale University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range, and both acceptance rates tightened. Do not read this as parallel growth under the same selectivity story.

  • Yale University: enrollment grew +25.6% over 2013–2023; fitted +122 students/yr fitted, r² 0.41.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 4,360–4,638 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: acceptance rate tightened -41.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.77).
  • Yale University: acceptance rate tightened -36.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.69).

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.

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

Largest gaps: Massachusetts Institute of Technology vs Yale University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($131,633 vs $81,765 at Yale University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($143,372 vs $100,533 at Yale University)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on avg net price ($20,111 vs $23,777 at Yale University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $131,633 versus $81,765 at Yale University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $143,372 versus $100,533 at Yale University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on avg net price at $20,111 versus $23,777 at Yale 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 earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025