Pacific Northwest College of Art vs Fordham University

Portland, OR · Bronx, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE OR × NY
  • 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 (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Fordham University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Fordham University: enrollment grew +25.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +169 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.
  • Pacific Northwest College of Art: enrollment ranged 376–506 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Pacific Northwest College of Art: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.09).
  • Fordham University: acceptance rate eased +19.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.56).

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: Pacific Northwest College of Art vs Fordham University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Fordham University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($68,008 vs $24,101 at Pacific Northwest College of Art)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Fordham University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($85,569 vs $34,883 at Pacific Northwest College of Art)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Fordham University leads on 150%-time completion (81.1% vs 35.6% at Pacific Northwest College of Art)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pacific Northwest College of Art and Fordham University?▼
Fordham University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $68,008 versus $24,101 at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Pacific Northwest College of Art and Fordham University?▼
Fordham University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $85,569 versus $34,883 at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pacific Northwest College of Art and Fordham University?▼
Fordham University leads on 150%-time completion at 81.1% versus 35.6% at Pacific Northwest College of Art. 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