Sacred Heart University vs School of Visual Arts

Fairfield, CT · New York, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CT × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 · 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

Sacred Heart University 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.

  • Sacred Heart University: enrollment grew +56.6% over 2013–2023; fitted +247 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.
  • School of Visual Arts: enrollment ranged 3,192–3,852 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Sacred Heart University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).
  • School of Visual Arts: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.21).

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: Sacred Heart University vs School of Visual Arts

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Sacred Heart University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($63,925 vs $31,855 at School of Visual Arts)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Sacred Heart University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($75,059 vs $46,459 at School of Visual Arts)
  3. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Sacred Heart University leads on acceptance rate (65.4% vs 92.6% at School of Visual Arts)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Sacred Heart University and School of Visual Arts?▼
Sacred Heart University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $63,925 versus $31,855 at School of Visual Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Sacred Heart University and School of Visual Arts?▼
Sacred Heart University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $75,059 versus $46,459 at School of Visual Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Sacred Heart University and School of Visual Arts?▼
Sacred Heart University leads on acceptance rate at 65.4% versus 92.6% at School of Visual Arts. 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