University of Rochester vs Sarah Lawrence College

Rochester, NY · Bronxville, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · SAME-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · NY
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Sarah Lawrence College: net price ranged $20,104–$37,534 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -43.7% is not a trend (r² 0.27).
  • University of Rochester: average net price rose +13.7% from $26,608 (2013) to $30,248 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • University of Rochester: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.06).
  • Sarah Lawrence College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).

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 Rochester vs Sarah Lawrence College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Rochester leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($68,333 vs $34,251 at Sarah Lawrence College)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Rochester leads on acceptance rate (40.1% vs 61.7% at Sarah Lawrence College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Rochester leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($79,042 vs $53,603 at Sarah Lawrence College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Rochester and Sarah Lawrence College?
University of Rochester leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $68,333 versus $34,251 at Sarah Lawrence College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Rochester and Sarah Lawrence College?
University of Rochester leads on acceptance rate at 40.1% versus 61.7% at Sarah Lawrence College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Rochester and Sarah Lawrence College?
University of Rochester leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $79,042 versus $53,603 at Sarah Lawrence College. 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