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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville vs University of Wisconsin-Madison

Knoxville, TN · Madison, WI · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TN × WI
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • The University of Tennessee-Knoxville: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.26).
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: acceptance rate tightened -36.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.42).
  • The University of Tennessee-Knoxville: enrollment grew +37.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +694 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: enrollment grew +20.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +651 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.

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: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville vs University of Wisconsin-Madison

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Wisconsin-Madison leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($61,275 vs $47,782 at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI The University of Tennessee-Knoxville leads on out-of-state tuition ($33,256 vs $42,103 at University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Wisconsin-Madison leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($73,792 vs $60,249 at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between The University of Tennessee-Knoxville and University of Wisconsin-Madison?▼
University of Wisconsin-Madison leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $61,275 versus $47,782 at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between The University of Tennessee-Knoxville and University of Wisconsin-Madison?▼
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville leads on out-of-state tuition at $33,256 versus $42,103 at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between The University of Tennessee-Knoxville and University of Wisconsin-Madison?▼
University of Wisconsin-Madison leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $73,792 versus $60,249 at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. 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 (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025