St. Mary's College of Maryland vs Boston College

St. Mary's City, MD · Chestnut Hill, MA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MD:MA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MD × MA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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.

  • Boston College: acceptance rate tightened -51.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.82).
  • St. Mary's College of Maryland: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • St. Mary's College of Maryland: enrollment shrank -12.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -25 students/yr fitted, r² 0.59.
  • Boston College: enrollment ranged 9,465–9,865 (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: St. Mary's College of Maryland vs Boston College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION St. Mary's College of Maryland leads on in-state tuition ($15,298 vs $70,702 at Boston College)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Boston College leads on acceptance rate (16.4% vs 68.6% at St. Mary's College of Maryland)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE St. Mary's College of Maryland leads on avg net price ($18,441 vs $41,704 at Boston College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between St. Mary's College of Maryland and Boston College?
St. Mary's College of Maryland leads on in-state tuition at $15,298 versus $70,702 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between St. Mary's College of Maryland and Boston College?
Boston College leads on acceptance rate at 16.4% versus 68.6% at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between St. Mary's College of Maryland and Boston College?
St. Mary's College of Maryland leads on avg net price at $18,441 versus $41,704 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025