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California State University-Northridge vs CUNY Graduate School and University Center

Northridge, CA · New York, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair CA:NY

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

CUNY Graduate School and University Center posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • CUNY Graduate School and University Center: enrollment grew +175.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +194 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • California State University-Northridge: enrollment ranged 32,103–36,979 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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 State University-Northridge vs CUNY Graduate School and University Center

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($68,616 vs $44,372 at California State University-Northridge)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on acceptance rate (68.5% vs 93.5% at California State University-Northridge)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on out-of-state tuition ($15,185 vs $20,058 at California State University-Northridge)

California State University-Northridge profile · CUNY Graduate School and University Center profile · Compare other colleges

Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between California State University-Northridge and CUNY Graduate School and University Center?▼
CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $68,616 versus $44,372 at California State University-Northridge. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between California State University-Northridge and CUNY Graduate School and University Center?▼
CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on acceptance rate at 68.5% versus 93.5% at California State University-Northridge. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between California State University-Northridge and CUNY Graduate School and University Center?▼
CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on out-of-state tuition at $15,185 versus $20,058 at California State University-Northridge. 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