University of Arkansas at Little Rock vs Maria College of Albany

Little Rock, AR · Albany, NY · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair AR:NY

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE AR × NY
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock: enrollment shrank -44.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -396 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Maria College of Albany: enrollment ranged 702–876 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.10).
  • Maria College of Albany: acceptance rate eased +280.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.41).

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: University of Arkansas at Little Rock vs Maria College of Albany

  1. RETENTION-RATE University of Arkansas at Little Rock leads on retention rate (76.5% vs 33.3% at Maria College of Albany)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Arkansas at Little Rock leads on in-state tuition ($9,748 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Maria College of Albany leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($53,357 vs $40,040 at University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Maria College of Albany?
University of Arkansas at Little Rock leads on retention rate at 76.5% versus 33.3% at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Maria College of Albany?
University of Arkansas at Little Rock leads on in-state tuition at $9,748 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Maria College of Albany?
Maria College of Albany leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $53,357 versus $40,040 at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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