University of California-Berkeley vs Boston College

Berkeley, CA · Chestnut Hill, MA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair CA:MA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × MA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

University of California-Berkeley posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range, and both acceptance rates tightened. Do not read this as parallel growth under the same selectivity story.

  • University of California-Berkeley: enrollment grew +27.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +670 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Boston College: enrollment ranged 9,465–9,865 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of California-Berkeley: acceptance rate tightened -35.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.59).
  • Boston College: acceptance rate tightened -51.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.82).

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.

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Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: University of California-Berkeley vs Boston College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of California-Berkeley leads on in-state tuition ($16,347 vs $70,702 at Boston College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of California-Berkeley leads on avg net price ($13,481 vs $41,704 at Boston College)
  3. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of California-Berkeley leads on acceptance rate (11.0% vs 16.4% at Boston College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between University of California-Berkeley and Boston College?
University of California-Berkeley leads on in-state tuition at $16,347 versus $70,702 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of California-Berkeley and Boston College?
University of California-Berkeley leads on avg net price at $13,481 versus $41,704 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of California-Berkeley and Boston College?
University of California-Berkeley leads on acceptance rate at 11.0% versus 16.4% 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