University of California-Riverside vs College of the Holy Cross

Riverside, CA · Worcester, MA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair CA:MA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × MA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 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-Riverside posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • University of California-Riverside: enrollment grew +21.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +515 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • College of the Holy Cross: enrollment ranged 2,689–3,062 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of California-Riverside: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.16).
  • College of the Holy Cross: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.15).

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 California-Riverside vs College of the Holy Cross

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE College of the Holy Cross leads on acceptance rate (17.6% vs 76.4% at University of California-Riverside)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of California-Riverside leads on in-state tuition ($15,606 vs $64,500 at College of the Holy Cross)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE University of California-Riverside leads on avg net price ($14,304 vs $38,782 at College of the Holy Cross)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between University of California-Riverside and College of the Holy Cross?
College of the Holy Cross leads on acceptance rate at 17.6% versus 76.4% at University of California-Riverside. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of California-Riverside and College of the Holy Cross?
University of California-Riverside leads on in-state tuition at $15,606 versus $64,500 at College of the Holy Cross. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of California-Riverside and College of the Holy Cross?
University of California-Riverside leads on avg net price at $14,304 versus $38,782 at College of the Holy Cross. 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