Downey Adult School vs San Francisco State University

Downey, CA · San Francisco, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair CA:CA

PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Downey Adult School: average net price rose +591.0% from $1,896 (2013) to $13,102 (2023), r² 0.93.
  • San Francisco State University: net price ranged $11,658–$15,113 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -9.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Downey Adult School: enrollment ranged 613–1,317 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • San Francisco State University: enrollment shrank -20.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -513 students/yr fitted, r² 0.68.

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: Downey Adult School vs San Francisco State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 San Francisco State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($52,650 vs $35,477 at Downey Adult School)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 San Francisco State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($68,077 vs $46,851 at Downey Adult School)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE San Francisco State University leads on avg net price ($12,278 vs $13,695 at Downey Adult School)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Downey Adult School and San Francisco State University?▼
San Francisco State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $52,650 versus $35,477 at Downey Adult School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Downey Adult School and San Francisco State University?▼
San Francisco State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $68,077 versus $46,851 at Downey Adult School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Downey Adult School and San Francisco State University?▼
San Francisco State University leads on avg net price at $12,278 versus $13,695 at Downey Adult School. 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