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Purdue University-Main Campus vs University of Maryland-College Park

West Lafayette, IN · College Park, MD · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IN:MD

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IN × MD
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both grew, one campus expanded much faster

ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Maryland-College Park across 2013–2023, but one fitted annual pace pulls far ahead of the other. Treat them as size peers on different slopes, not interchangeable large campuses.

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,048 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • University of Maryland-College Park: enrollment grew +16.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +439 students/yr fitted, r² 0.77.
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).
  • University of Maryland-College Park: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).

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: Purdue University-Main Campus vs University of Maryland-College Park

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Purdue University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($28,794 vs $41,186 at University of Maryland-College Park)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Purdue University-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition ($9,992 vs $11,809 at University of Maryland-College Park)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($82,860 vs $72,424 at Purdue University-Main Campus)

Purdue University-Main Campus profile · University of Maryland-College Park profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Maryland-College Park?▼
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $28,794 versus $41,186 at University of Maryland-College Park. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Maryland-College Park?▼
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition at $9,992 versus $11,809 at University of Maryland-College Park. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Maryland-College Park?▼
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $82,860 versus $72,424 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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