Purdue University-Main Campus vs University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

West Lafayette, IN · Norman, OK · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IN × OK
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 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

Purdue University-Main Campus 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.

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,048 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus: enrollment ranged 20,528–21,675 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).
  • University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus: 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 Oklahoma-Norman Campus

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Purdue University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate (49.9% vs 76.6% at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Purdue University-Main Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($60,838 vs $52,216 at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Purdue University-Main Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($72,424 vs $63,126 at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus?
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate at 49.9% versus 76.6% at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus?
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $60,838 versus $52,216 at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus?
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $72,424 versus $63,126 at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus. 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