Middlebury College vs Wellesley College

Middlebury, VT · Wellesley, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair VT:MA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE VT × MA
  • ACCEPT-TIGHT Tight admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 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.

  • Wellesley College: acceptance rate tightened -52.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.91).
  • 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.
  • Wellesley College: enrollment ranged 2,172–2,392 (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: Middlebury College vs Wellesley College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Wellesley College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,000 vs $13,857 at Middlebury College)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Middlebury College leads on acceptance rate (10.8% vs 14.1% at Wellesley College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Wellesley College leads on avg net price ($25,496 vs $31,483 at Middlebury College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Middlebury College and Wellesley College?
Wellesley College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,000 versus $13,857 at Middlebury College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Middlebury College and Wellesley College?
Middlebury College leads on acceptance rate at 10.8% versus 14.1% at Wellesley College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Middlebury College and Wellesley College?
Wellesley College leads on avg net price at $25,496 versus $31,483 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025