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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo vs United States Merchant Marine Academy

San Luis Obispo, CA · Kings Point, NY · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair CA:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × NY
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo: enrollment grew +15.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +238 students/yr fitted, r² 0.70.
  • United States Merchant Marine Academy: enrollment ranged 904–1,028 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo: net price ranged $15,624–$21,595 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -8.7% is not a trend (r² 0.03).
  • United States Merchant Marine Academy: net price ranged $3,935–$7,506 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +75.6% is not a trend (r² 0.32).

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: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo vs United States Merchant Marine Academy

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on out-of-state tuition ($895 vs $34,665 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on in-state tuition ($895 vs $13,596 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on avg net price ($6,174 vs $16,665 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and United States Merchant Marine Academy?▼
United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on out-of-state tuition at $895 versus $34,665 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and United States Merchant Marine Academy?▼
United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on in-state tuition at $895 versus $13,596 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and United States Merchant Marine Academy?▼
United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on avg net price at $6,174 versus $16,665 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. 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