Loras College vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Dubuque, IA · Vallejo, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair IA:CA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE IA × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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.

  • Loras College: average net price rose +9.8% from $19,175 (2013) to $21,057 (2023), r² 0.47.
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: net price ranged $15,206–$22,070 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.4% is not a trend (r² 0.28).
  • Loras College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: acceptance rate eased +32.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.67).

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: Loras College vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on in-state tuition ($9,944 vs $39,824 at Loras College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($84,676 vs $46,069 at Loras College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on out-of-state tuition ($22,544 vs $39,824 at Loras College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Loras College and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on in-state tuition at $9,944 versus $39,824 at Loras College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Loras College and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $84,676 versus $46,069 at Loras College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Loras College and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on out-of-state tuition at $22,544 versus $39,824 at Loras College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025