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Southern Methodist University vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dallas, TX · Troy, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Southern Methodist University: average net price rose +37.4% from $30,408 (2013) to $41,778 (2023), r² 0.94.
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: net price ranged $31,456–$36,159 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.5% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Southern Methodist University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.33).
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: acceptance rate eased +41.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).

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: Southern Methodist University vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($102,051 vs $78,354 at Southern Methodist University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($83,054 vs $65,556 at Southern Methodist University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Southern Methodist University leads on median debt at graduation ($19,500 vs $23,750 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern Methodist University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?▼
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $102,051 versus $78,354 at Southern Methodist University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Southern Methodist University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?▼
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $83,054 versus $65,556 at Southern Methodist University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Southern Methodist University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?▼
Southern Methodist University leads on median debt at graduation at $19,500 versus $23,750 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025