St. Thomas Aquinas College vs University of Pennsylvania

Sparkill, NY · Philadelphia, PA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair NY:PA

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × PA
  • 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 Pennsylvania: acceptance rate tightened -52.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.89).
  • St. Thomas Aquinas College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.30).
  • St. Thomas Aquinas College: enrollment shrank -21.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -23 students/yr fitted, r² 0.86.
  • University of Pennsylvania: enrollment ranged 10,507–10,774 (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. Thomas Aquinas College vs University of Pennsylvania

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Pennsylvania leads on acceptance rate (5.4% vs 93.0% at St. Thomas Aquinas College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Pennsylvania leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($90,555 vs $44,908 at St. Thomas Aquinas College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Pennsylvania leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($111,371 vs $62,909 at St. Thomas Aquinas College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between St. Thomas Aquinas College and University of Pennsylvania?
University of Pennsylvania leads on acceptance rate at 5.4% versus 93.0% at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between St. Thomas Aquinas College and University of Pennsylvania?
University of Pennsylvania leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $90,555 versus $44,908 at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between St. Thomas Aquinas College and University of Pennsylvania?
University of Pennsylvania leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $111,371 versus $62,909 at St. Thomas Aquinas 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