Sarah Lawrence College vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bronxville, NY · Cambridge, MA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair NY:MA

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 NY × MA
  • 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.

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: acceptance rate tightened -41.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.77).
  • Sarah Lawrence College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • Sarah Lawrence College: enrollment ranged 1,283–1,499 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 4,360–4,638 (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: Sarah Lawrence College vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on acceptance rate (4.5% vs 61.7% at Sarah Lawrence College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($131,633 vs $34,251 at Sarah Lawrence College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($143,372 vs $53,603 at Sarah Lawrence College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Sarah Lawrence College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on acceptance rate at 4.5% versus 61.7% at Sarah Lawrence College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Sarah Lawrence College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $131,633 versus $34,251 at Sarah Lawrence College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Sarah Lawrence College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $143,372 versus $53,603 at Sarah Lawrence 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