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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology vs University of California-Los Angeles

Rapid City, SD · Los Angeles, CA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair SD:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SD × CA
  • 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 California-Los Angeles: acceptance rate tightened -60.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.93).
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.17).
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: enrollment shrank -6.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -44 students/yr fitted, r² 0.52.
  • University of California-Los Angeles: enrollment grew +15.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +389 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.

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: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology vs University of California-Los Angeles

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of California-Los Angeles leads on acceptance rate (9.0% vs 79.9% at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI South Dakota School of Mines and Technology leads on out-of-state tuition ($14,900 vs $49,403 at University of California-Los Angeles)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of California-Los Angeles leads on median debt at graduation ($14,000 vs $27,000 at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and University of California-Los Angeles?▼
University of California-Los Angeles leads on acceptance rate at 9.0% versus 79.9% at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and University of California-Los Angeles?▼
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology leads on out-of-state tuition at $14,900 versus $49,403 at University of California-Los Angeles. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and University of California-Los Angeles?▼
University of California-Los Angeles leads on median debt at graduation at $14,000 versus $27,000 at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. 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