Francis Marion University vs SUNY Old Westbury

Florence, SC · Old Westbury, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair SC:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • SUNY Old Westbury: net price ranged $6,352–$11,703 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +15.1% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Francis Marion University: average net price rose +11.1% from $12,104 (2013) to $13,451 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • Francis Marion University: acceptance rate eased +45.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.87).
  • SUNY Old Westbury: acceptance rate eased +45.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.45).

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: Francis Marion University vs SUNY Old Westbury

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA SUNY Old Westbury leads on median debt at graduation ($14,997 vs $27,000 at Francis Marion University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 SUNY Old Westbury leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($58,526 vs $43,888 at Francis Marion University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION SUNY Old Westbury leads on in-state tuition ($8,422 vs $11,160 at Francis Marion University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Francis Marion University and SUNY Old Westbury?
SUNY Old Westbury leads on median debt at graduation at $14,997 versus $27,000 at Francis Marion University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Francis Marion University and SUNY Old Westbury?
SUNY Old Westbury leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $58,526 versus $43,888 at Francis Marion University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Francis Marion University and SUNY Old Westbury?
SUNY Old Westbury leads on in-state tuition at $8,422 versus $11,160 at Francis Marion 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025