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Georgia Southwestern State University vs California State University-East Bay

Americus, GA · Hayward, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair GA:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • California State University-East Bay: enrollment ranged 10,422–13,433 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Georgia Southwestern State University: enrollment shrank -11.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -39 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.
  • Georgia Southwestern State University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.21).
  • California State University-East Bay: acceptance rate eased +40.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.69).

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: Georgia Southwestern State University vs California State University-East Bay

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($71,401 vs $48,757 at Georgia Southwestern State University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Georgia Southwestern State University leads on in-state tuition ($5,220 vs $7,583 at California State University-East Bay)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($55,546 vs $42,047 at Georgia Southwestern State University)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Georgia Southwestern State University and California State University-East Bay?▼
California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $71,401 versus $48,757 at Georgia Southwestern State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Georgia Southwestern State University and California State University-East Bay?▼
Georgia Southwestern State University leads on in-state tuition at $5,220 versus $7,583 at California State University-East Bay. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Georgia Southwestern State University and California State University-East Bay?▼
California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $55,546 versus $42,047 at Georgia Southwestern State 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