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University of Missouri-St Louis vs Carnegie Mellon University

Saint Louis, MO · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair MO:PA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MO × PA
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 TWIN-TIGHTEN · adm · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both acceptance rates tightened, 2013–2023

TWIN-TIGHTEN · adm · 2013–2023

University of Missouri-St Louis and Carnegie Mellon University each posted a directional decline in acceptance rate over the same College Scorecard window, but one squeeze is far steeper than the other.

  • Carnegie Mellon University: acceptance rate tightened -55.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.95).
  • University of Missouri-St Louis: acceptance rate tightened -23.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.73).
  • University of Missouri-St Louis: net price ranged $9,435–$13,463 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -8.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Carnegie Mellon University: net price ranged $31,102–$37,846 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -5.1% is not a trend (r² 0.04).

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 Missouri-St Louis vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Carnegie Mellon University leads on acceptance rate (11.7% vs 62.7% at University of Missouri-St Louis)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Missouri-St Louis leads on in-state tuition ($14,112 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($105,360 vs $47,564 at University of Missouri-St Louis)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Missouri-St Louis and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on acceptance rate at 11.7% versus 62.7% at University of Missouri-St Louis. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Missouri-St Louis and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
University of Missouri-St Louis leads on in-state tuition at $14,112 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Missouri-St Louis and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $105,360 versus $47,564 at University of Missouri-St Louis. 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