Metropolitan State University vs College of Staten Island CUNY

Saint Paul, MN · Staten Island, NY · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair MN:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Metropolitan State University: average net price rose +55.8% from $12,314 (2013) to $19,181 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • College of Staten Island CUNY: average net price fell -30.5% from $7,364 (2013) to $5,115 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Metropolitan State University: enrollment shrank -31.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -251 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • College of Staten Island CUNY: enrollment shrank -27.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -381 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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: Metropolitan State University vs College of Staten Island CUNY

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price ($5,579 vs $16,863 at Metropolitan State University)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Metropolitan State University leads on out-of-state tuition ($9,840 vs $15,440 at College of Staten Island CUNY)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Metropolitan State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($54,828 vs $36,931 at College of Staten Island CUNY)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Metropolitan State University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price at $5,579 versus $16,863 at Metropolitan State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Metropolitan State University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
Metropolitan State University leads on out-of-state tuition at $9,840 versus $15,440 at College of Staten Island CUNY. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Metropolitan State University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
Metropolitan State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $54,828 versus $36,931 at College of Staten Island CUNY. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025