Pratt Institute-Main vs University of Southern California

Brooklyn, NY · Los Angeles, CA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair NY:CA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × CA
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 Southern California: acceptance rate tightened -49.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.80).
  • Pratt Institute-Main: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).
  • Pratt Institute-Main: enrollment grew +16.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +55 students/yr fitted, r² 0.48.
  • University of Southern California: enrollment grew +15.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +285 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.

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: Pratt Institute-Main vs University of Southern California

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Southern California leads on acceptance rate (9.8% vs 73.3% at Pratt Institute-Main)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Southern California leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($92,498 vs $54,295 at Pratt Institute-Main)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Southern California leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($74,461 vs $45,060 at Pratt Institute-Main)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Pratt Institute-Main and University of Southern California?
University of Southern California leads on acceptance rate at 9.8% versus 73.3% at Pratt Institute-Main. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Pratt Institute-Main and University of Southern California?
University of Southern California leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $92,498 versus $54,295 at Pratt Institute-Main. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pratt Institute-Main and University of Southern California?
University of Southern California leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $74,461 versus $45,060 at Pratt Institute-Main. 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