School of Visual Arts vs Carnegie Mellon University

New York, NY · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE NY × 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).
  • School of Visual Arts: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.21).
  • School of Visual Arts: enrollment ranged 3,192–3,852 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • 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: School of Visual Arts vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Carnegie Mellon University leads on acceptance rate (11.7% vs 92.6% at School of Visual Arts)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($105,360 vs $31,855 at School of Visual Arts)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($114,862 vs $46,459 at School of Visual Arts)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between School of Visual Arts and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on acceptance rate at 11.7% versus 92.6% at School of Visual Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between School of Visual Arts and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $105,360 versus $31,855 at School of Visual Arts. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between School of Visual Arts and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $114,862 versus $46,459 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); acceptance rate focus for this pair · 2025