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Michigan State University vs University of Alabama at Birmingham

East Lansing, MI · Birmingham, AL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MI:AL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × AL
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-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.

  • Michigan State University: net price ranged $10,925–$20,751 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +25.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: average net price rose +19.7% from $14,805 (2013) to $17,727 (2023), r² 0.56.
  • Michigan State University: acceptance rate eased +22.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.80).
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.10).

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: Michigan State University vs University of Alabama at Birmingham

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on out-of-state tuition ($22,562 vs $43,842 at Michigan State University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on in-state tuition ($9,098 vs $16,458 at Michigan State University)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Michigan State University leads on 150%-time completion (81.4% vs 63.4% at University of Alabama at Birmingham)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Michigan State University and University of Alabama at Birmingham?▼
University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on out-of-state tuition at $22,562 versus $43,842 at Michigan State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Michigan State University and University of Alabama at Birmingham?▼
University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on in-state tuition at $9,098 versus $16,458 at Michigan State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Michigan State University and University of Alabama at Birmingham?▼
Michigan State University leads on 150%-time completion at 81.4% versus 63.4% at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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