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Bowling Green State University-Main Campus vs Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Bowling Green, OH · Fort Collins, CO · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair OH:CO

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × CO
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

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.

  • Colorado State University-Fort Collins: average net price rose +29.4% from $15,707 (2013) to $20,332 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • Bowling Green State University-Main Campus: net price ranged $16,310–$20,918 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.6% is not a trend (r² 0.23).
  • Bowling Green State University-Main Campus: acceptance rate eased +11.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.43).
  • Colorado State University-Fort Collins: acceptance rate eased +15.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.80).

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: Bowling Green State University-Main Campus vs Colorado State University-Fort Collins

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Bowling Green State University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($22,448 vs $34,783 at Colorado State University-Fort Collins)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Colorado State University-Fort Collins leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($60,543 vs $47,896 at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Colorado State University-Fort Collins leads on median debt at graduation ($20,000 vs $25,000 at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Bowling Green State University-Main Campus and Colorado State University-Fort Collins?▼
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $22,448 versus $34,783 at Colorado State University-Fort Collins. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Bowling Green State University-Main Campus and Colorado State University-Fort Collins?▼
Colorado State University-Fort Collins leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $60,543 versus $47,896 at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Bowling Green State University-Main Campus and Colorado State University-Fort Collins?▼
Colorado State University-Fort Collins leads on median debt at graduation at $20,000 versus $25,000 at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025