Saint Michael's College vs Carnegie Mellon University

Colchester, VT · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair VT:PA

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 VT × PA
  • 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.

  • Carnegie Mellon University: acceptance rate tightened -55.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.95).
  • Saint Michael's College: acceptance rate eased +22.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.77).
  • Saint Michael's College: enrollment shrank -40.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -89 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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 Michael's College vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Carnegie Mellon University leads on acceptance rate (11.7% vs 84.5% at Saint Michael's College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($105,360 vs $46,898 at Saint Michael's College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($114,862 vs $61,317 at Saint Michael's College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Saint Michael's College and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on acceptance rate at 11.7% versus 84.5% at Saint Michael's College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Saint Michael's College and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $105,360 versus $46,898 at Saint Michael's College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Saint Michael's College and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $114,862 versus $61,317 at Saint Michael's College. 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