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Caribbean University-Ponce vs California State University-Long Beach

Ponce, PR · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair PR:CA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PR × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.

  • Caribbean University-Ponce: average net price rose +131.5% from $2,886 (2013) to $6,680 (2023), r² 0.48.
  • California State University-Long Beach: net price ranged $8,338–$10,054 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.9% is not a trend (r² 0.24).
  • Caribbean University-Ponce: enrollment shrank -63.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -80 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • California State University-Long Beach: enrollment grew +12.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +312 students/yr fitted, r² 0.71.

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: Caribbean University-Ponce vs California State University-Long Beach

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($64,403 vs $22,842 at Caribbean University-Ponce)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($50,062 vs $18,349 at Caribbean University-Ponce)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Caribbean University-Ponce leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,844 vs $19,950 at California State University-Long Beach)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Caribbean University-Ponce and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $64,403 versus $22,842 at Caribbean University-Ponce. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Caribbean University-Ponce and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $50,062 versus $18,349 at Caribbean University-Ponce. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Caribbean University-Ponce and California State University-Long Beach?▼
Caribbean University-Ponce leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,844 versus $19,950 at California State University-Long Beach. 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