Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vs Johns Hopkins University

Troy, NY · Baltimore, MD · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair NY:MD

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 × MD
  • 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.

  • Johns Hopkins University: acceptance rate tightened -58.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.94).
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: acceptance rate eased +41.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: enrollment ranged 5,379–6,590 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Johns Hopkins University: enrollment shrank -5.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -29 students/yr fitted, r² 0.44.

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: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vs Johns Hopkins University

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Johns Hopkins University leads on acceptance rate (6.4% vs 63.5% at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Johns Hopkins University leads on median debt at graduation ($10,250 vs $23,750 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Johns Hopkins University leads on avg net price ($18,809 vs $36,228 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Johns Hopkins University?
Johns Hopkins University leads on acceptance rate at 6.4% versus 63.5% at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Johns Hopkins University?
Johns Hopkins University leads on median debt at graduation at $10,250 versus $23,750 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Johns Hopkins University?
Johns Hopkins University leads on avg net price at $18,809 versus $36,228 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 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