Ouachita Baptist University vs University of Notre Dame

Arkadelphia, AR · Notre Dame, IN · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair AR:IN

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE AR × IN
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

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 Notre Dame: acceptance rate tightened -44.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.87).
  • Ouachita Baptist University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • Ouachita Baptist University: enrollment grew +6.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.
  • University of Notre Dame: enrollment grew +5.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +61 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.

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: Ouachita Baptist University vs University of Notre Dame

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Notre Dame leads on acceptance rate (11.3% vs 67.5% at Ouachita Baptist University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Notre Dame leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,210 vs $41,697 at Ouachita Baptist University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Notre Dame leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($99,980 vs $51,673 at Ouachita Baptist University)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Ouachita Baptist University and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on acceptance rate at 11.3% versus 67.5% at Ouachita Baptist University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Ouachita Baptist University and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,210 versus $41,697 at Ouachita Baptist University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Ouachita Baptist University and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $99,980 versus $51,673 at Ouachita Baptist University. 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