Pitzer College vs Boston College

Claremont, CA · Chestnut Hill, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair CA:MA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × MA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 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.

  • Boston College: acceptance rate tightened -51.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.82).
  • Pitzer College: acceptance rate eased +14.8% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.55).
  • Pitzer College: enrollment ranged 922–1,212 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Boston College: enrollment ranged 9,465–9,865 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Pitzer College vs Boston College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Boston College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($85,717 vs $51,784 at Pitzer College)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Boston College leads on acceptance rate (16.4% vs 25.2% at Pitzer College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Boston College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($103,937 vs $69,512 at Pitzer College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pitzer College and Boston College?
Boston College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $85,717 versus $51,784 at Pitzer College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Pitzer College and Boston College?
Boston College leads on acceptance rate at 16.4% versus 25.2% at Pitzer College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Pitzer College and Boston College?
Boston College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $103,937 versus $69,512 at Pitzer College. 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