Metropolitan State University vs Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN · Saint Paul, MN · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair MN:MN

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MN
  • 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 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.
  • Saint Paul College: average net price fell -15.2% from $14,203 (2013) to $12,040 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • Metropolitan State University: enrollment shrank -31.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -251 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • Saint Paul College: enrollment shrank -40.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -256 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.

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 Saint Paul College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Metropolitan State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($64,705 vs $38,399 at Saint Paul College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Saint Paul College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,925 vs $17,100 at Metropolitan State University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Saint Paul College leads on in-state tuition ($6,326 vs $9,840 at Metropolitan State University)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Metropolitan State University and Saint Paul College?▼
Metropolitan State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $64,705 versus $38,399 at Saint Paul College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Metropolitan State University and Saint Paul College?▼
Saint Paul College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,925 versus $17,100 at Metropolitan State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Metropolitan State University and Saint Paul College?▼
Saint Paul College leads on in-state tuition at $6,326 versus $9,840 at Metropolitan 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