University of Wisconsin-Madison vs University of Maryland-College Park

Madison, WI · College Park, MD · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair WI:MD

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × MD
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: acceptance rate tightened -36.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.42).
  • University of Maryland-College Park: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: enrollment grew +20.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +651 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.
  • University of Maryland-College Park: enrollment grew +16.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +439 students/yr fitted, r² 0.77.

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 Wisconsin-Madison vs University of Maryland-College Park

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($82,860 vs $73,792 at University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Maryland-College Park leads on avg net price ($15,678 vs $17,354 at University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($67,785 vs $61,275 at University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $82,860 versus $73,792 at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on avg net price at $15,678 versus $17,354 at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $67,785 versus $61,275 at University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025