Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts vs Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Philadelphia, PA · Boston, MA · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair PA:MA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × MA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: enrollment shrank -50.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -9 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: enrollment ranged 3,474–4,136 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.17).
  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.09).

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

Largest gaps: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts vs Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  1. RETENTION-RATE Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leads on retention rate (74.0% vs 0.0% at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($125,557 vs $29,881 at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($77,171 vs $24,229 at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences?
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leads on retention rate at 74.0% versus 0.0% at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences?
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $125,557 versus $29,881 at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences?
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $77,171 versus $24,229 at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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