Lincoln University vs Farmingdale State College

Lincoln University, PA · Farmingdale, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Farmingdale State College posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Farmingdale State College: enrollment grew +22.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +162 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Lincoln University: enrollment ranged 1,576–2,113 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lincoln University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.21).
  • Farmingdale State College: acceptance rate eased +31.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.64).

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: Lincoln University vs Farmingdale State College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Farmingdale State College leads on median debt at graduation ($14,718 vs $28,250 at Lincoln University)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Farmingdale State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (77.0% vs 43.5% at Lincoln University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Farmingdale State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($55,901 vs $32,865 at Lincoln University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lincoln University and Farmingdale State College?
Farmingdale State College leads on median debt at graduation at $14,718 versus $28,250 at Lincoln University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Lincoln University and Farmingdale State College?
Farmingdale State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 77.0% versus 43.5% at Lincoln University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Lincoln University and Farmingdale State College?
Farmingdale State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $55,901 versus $32,865 at Lincoln 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