Middlebury College vs University of Southern California

Middlebury, VT · Los Angeles, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair VT:CA

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-TIGHT · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE VT × CA
  • ACCEPT-TIGHT Tight admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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 ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • University of Southern California: acceptance rate tightened -49.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.80).
  • Middlebury College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.28).
  • Middlebury College: enrollment grew +12.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +34 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.
  • University of Southern California: enrollment grew +15.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +285 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.

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: Middlebury College vs University of Southern California

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Southern California leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($74,461 vs $57,291 at Middlebury College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Middlebury College leads on median debt at graduation ($13,857 vs $18,000 at University of Southern California)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Southern California leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($92,498 vs $76,310 at Middlebury College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Middlebury College and University of Southern California?
University of Southern California leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $74,461 versus $57,291 at Middlebury College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Middlebury College and University of Southern California?
Middlebury College leads on median debt at graduation at $13,857 versus $18,000 at University of Southern California. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Middlebury College and University of Southern California?
University of Southern California leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $92,498 versus $76,310 at Middlebury 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 earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025