Merrimack College vs Medical University of South Carolina

North Andover, MA · Charleston, SC · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair MA:SC

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MA × SC
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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

Merrimack College 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.

  • Merrimack College: enrollment grew +48.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +140 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • 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: Merrimack College vs Medical University of South Carolina

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Medical University of South Carolina leads on median debt at graduation ($15,000 vs $27,000 at Merrimack College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Medical University of South Carolina leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($77,677 vs $54,316 at Merrimack College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Medical University of South Carolina leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($88,420 vs $75,584 at Merrimack College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Merrimack College and Medical University of South Carolina?
Medical University of South Carolina leads on median debt at graduation at $15,000 versus $27,000 at Merrimack College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Merrimack College and Medical University of South Carolina?
Medical University of South Carolina leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $77,677 versus $54,316 at Merrimack College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Merrimack College and Medical University of South Carolina?
Medical University of South Carolina leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $88,420 versus $75,584 at Merrimack 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025