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Mississippi Valley State University vs California State University-East Bay

Itta Bena, MS · Hayward, CA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MS:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MS × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 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.

  • Mississippi Valley State University: enrollment shrank -28.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -69 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • California State University-East Bay: enrollment ranged 10,422–13,433 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Mississippi Valley State University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.01).
  • California State University-East Bay: acceptance rate eased +40.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.69).

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: Mississippi Valley State University vs California State University-East Bay

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Mississippi Valley State University leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,692 vs $20,183 at California State University-East Bay)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($71,401 vs $31,919 at Mississippi Valley State University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($55,546 vs $25,817 at Mississippi Valley State University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and California State University-East Bay?▼
Mississippi Valley State University leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,692 versus $20,183 at California State University-East Bay. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and California State University-East Bay?▼
California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $71,401 versus $31,919 at Mississippi Valley State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and California State University-East Bay?▼
California State University-East Bay leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $55,546 versus $25,817 at Mississippi Valley 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025