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New Jersey Institute of Technology vs University of California-Berkeley

Newark, NJ · Berkeley, CA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair NJ:CA

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-SPLIT · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-ACCEPT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × CA
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

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

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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 California-Berkeley: acceptance rate tightened -35.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.59).
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.27).
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology: enrollment grew +35.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +224 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • University of California-Berkeley: enrollment grew +27.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +670 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.

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: New Jersey Institute of Technology vs University of California-Berkeley

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of California-Berkeley leads on acceptance rate (11.0% vs 65.1% at New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of California-Berkeley leads on median debt at graduation ($13,000 vs $21,000 at New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI New Jersey Institute of Technology leads on out-of-state tuition ($37,664 vs $50,547 at University of California-Berkeley)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of California-Berkeley?▼
University of California-Berkeley leads on acceptance rate at 11.0% versus 65.1% at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of California-Berkeley?▼
University of California-Berkeley leads on median debt at graduation at $13,000 versus $21,000 at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of California-Berkeley?▼
New Jersey Institute of Technology leads on out-of-state tuition at $37,664 versus $50,547 at University of California-Berkeley. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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