Excelsior University vs Seattle Central College

Albany, NY · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair NY:WA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE NY × WA
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 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.

  • Excelsior University: enrollment shrank -66.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -3,096 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (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: Excelsior University vs Seattle Central College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Excelsior University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($78,493 vs $43,307 at Seattle Central College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Excelsior University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($63,796 vs $39,072 at Seattle Central College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Seattle Central College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $13,769 at Excelsior University)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Excelsior University and Seattle Central College?
Excelsior University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $78,493 versus $43,307 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Excelsior University and Seattle Central College?
Excelsior University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $63,796 versus $39,072 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Excelsior University and Seattle Central College?
Seattle Central College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $13,769 at Excelsior University. 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