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Santa Clara University vs Stevens Institute of Technology

Santa Clara, CA · Hoboken, NJ · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair CA:NJ

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × NJ
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both grew, one campus expanded much faster

ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both Santa Clara University and Stevens Institute of Technology across 2013–2023, but one fitted annual pace pulls far ahead of the other. Treat them as size peers on different slopes, not interchangeable large campuses.

  • Stevens Institute of Technology: enrollment grew +53.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +156 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Santa Clara University: enrollment grew +15.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +82 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.
  • Santa Clara University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.01).
  • Stevens Institute of Technology: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.29).

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: Santa Clara University vs Stevens Institute of Technology

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Santa Clara University leads on median debt at graduation ($19,162 vs $27,000 at Stevens Institute of Technology)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Stevens Institute of Technology leads on avg net price ($41,346 vs $50,062 at Santa Clara University)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Stevens Institute of Technology leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (95.0% vs 90.2% at Santa Clara University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Santa Clara University and Stevens Institute of Technology?▼
Santa Clara University leads on median debt at graduation at $19,162 versus $27,000 at Stevens Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Santa Clara University and Stevens Institute of Technology?▼
Stevens Institute of Technology leads on avg net price at $41,346 versus $50,062 at Santa Clara University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Santa Clara University and Stevens Institute of Technology?▼
Stevens Institute of Technology leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 95.0% versus 90.2% at Santa Clara 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025