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Ohio University-Main Campus vs Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Athens, OH · Blacksburg, VA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair OH:VA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × VA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 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

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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.

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: acceptance rate tightened -18.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.77).
  • Ohio University-Main Campus: acceptance rate eased +16.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).
  • Ohio University-Main Campus: enrollment shrank -20.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -678 students/yr fitted, r² 0.86.
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: enrollment grew +27.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +733 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.

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: Ohio University-Main Campus vs Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($81,698 vs $52,581 at Ohio University-Main Campus)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University leads on acceptance rate (54.8% vs 85.0% at Ohio University-Main Campus)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Ohio University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($24,838 vs $37,764 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Ohio University-Main Campus profile · Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University profile · Compare other colleges

Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Ohio University-Main Campus and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University?▼
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $81,698 versus $52,581 at Ohio University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Ohio University-Main Campus and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University?▼
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University leads on acceptance rate at 54.8% versus 85.0% at Ohio University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Ohio University-Main Campus and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University?▼
Ohio University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $24,838 versus $37,764 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025