Maine Maritime Academy vs Pittsburg State University

Castine, ME · Pittsburg, KS · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair ME:KS

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE ME × KS
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Pittsburg State University: average net price rose +56.9% from $12,040 (2013) to $18,889 (2023), r² 0.78.
  • Maine Maritime Academy: net price ranged $19,687–$23,778 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +7.6% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Maine Maritime Academy: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.31).
  • Pittsburg State University: acceptance rate eased +11.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.48).

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: Maine Maritime Academy vs Pittsburg State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($93,944 vs $43,793 at Pittsburg State University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Pittsburg State University leads on in-state tuition ($8,400 vs $15,158 at Maine Maritime Academy)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($89,964 vs $50,579 at Pittsburg State University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Maine Maritime Academy and Pittsburg State University?▼
Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $93,944 versus $43,793 at Pittsburg State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Maine Maritime Academy and Pittsburg State University?▼
Pittsburg State University leads on in-state tuition at $8,400 versus $15,158 at Maine Maritime Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Maine Maritime Academy and Pittsburg State University?▼
Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $89,964 versus $50,579 at Pittsburg 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 (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025