Rush University vs Pacific University

Chicago, IL · Forest Grove, OR · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair IL:OR

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × OR
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Pacific University: enrollment shrank -10.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -27 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Rush University: enrollment ranged 104–137 (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: Rush University vs Pacific University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Rush University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,865 vs $46,936 at Pacific University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Rush University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($75,194 vs $60,583 at Pacific University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Rush University leads on median debt at graduation ($21,988 vs $23,223 at Pacific University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Rush University and Pacific University?
Rush University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,865 versus $46,936 at Pacific University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Rush University and Pacific University?
Rush University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $75,194 versus $60,583 at Pacific University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Rush University and Pacific University?
Rush University leads on median debt at graduation at $21,988 versus $23,223 at Pacific University. 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