University of Maryland Baltimore vs University of Iowa

Baltimore, MD · Iowa City, IA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair MD:IA

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MD × IA
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 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 Maryland Baltimore 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 Maryland Baltimore: enrollment grew +29.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +16 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • University of Iowa: enrollment ranged 21,198–23,410 (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: University of Maryland Baltimore vs University of Iowa

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Maryland Baltimore leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($82,754 vs $52,696 at University of Iowa)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of Maryland Baltimore leads on median debt at graduation ($15,000 vs $22,500 at University of Iowa)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Maryland Baltimore leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($88,174 vs $64,762 at University of Iowa)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Maryland Baltimore and University of Iowa?▼
University of Maryland Baltimore leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $82,754 versus $52,696 at University of Iowa. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Maryland Baltimore and University of Iowa?▼
University of Maryland Baltimore leads on median debt at graduation at $15,000 versus $22,500 at University of Iowa. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Maryland Baltimore and University of Iowa?▼
University of Maryland Baltimore leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $88,174 versus $64,762 at University of Iowa. 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