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Millersville University of Pennsylvania vs Central Washington University

Millersville, PA · Ellensburg, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × WA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Millersville University of Pennsylvania: enrollment shrank -23.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -161 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Central Washington University: enrollment ranged 8,081–11,468 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Millersville University of Pennsylvania: acceptance rate eased +24.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.82).
  • Central Washington University: acceptance rate eased +9.8% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.42).

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: Millersville University of Pennsylvania vs Central Washington University

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Central Washington University leads on median debt at graduation ($19,500 vs $23,507 at Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Millersville University of Pennsylvania leads on out-of-state tuition ($22,952 vs $27,526 at Central Washington University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Central Washington University leads on in-state tuition ($9,417 vs $11,128 at Millersville University of Pennsylvania)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Central Washington University?▼
Central Washington University leads on median debt at graduation at $19,500 versus $23,507 at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Central Washington University?▼
Millersville University of Pennsylvania leads on out-of-state tuition at $22,952 versus $27,526 at Central Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Central Washington University?▼
Central Washington University leads on in-state tuition at $9,417 versus $11,128 at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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