Saint Mary's College of California vs University of Notre Dame

Moraga, CA · Notre Dame, IN · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair CA:IN

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-SPLIT · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-ACCEPT

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IN
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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.

  • University of Notre Dame: acceptance rate tightened -44.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.87).
  • Saint Mary's College of California: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.35).
  • Saint Mary's College of California: enrollment shrank -33.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -108 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • University of Notre Dame: enrollment grew +5.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +61 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.

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: Saint Mary's College of California vs University of Notre Dame

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Notre Dame leads on acceptance rate (11.3% vs 86.5% at Saint Mary's College of California)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Notre Dame leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,210 vs $60,388 at Saint Mary's College of California)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI University of Notre Dame leads on 150%-time completion (96.0% vs 69.6% at Saint Mary's College of California)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Saint Mary's College of California and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on acceptance rate at 11.3% versus 86.5% at Saint Mary's College of California. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Saint Mary's College of California and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,210 versus $60,388 at Saint Mary's College of California. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Saint Mary's College of California and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on 150%-time completion at 96.0% versus 69.6% at Saint Mary's College of California. 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