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Mississippi Valley State University vs California State University-Sacramento

Itta Bena, MS · Sacramento, 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 RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

No stable joint trend on the primary axis

RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023

For Mississippi Valley State University vs California State University-Sacramento, the overlapping average net-price path series over 2013–2023 does not clear a directional claim on both sides. What follows is the measured range, not a rise/fall headline.

  • Mississippi Valley State University: net price ranged $6,547–$16,394 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +16.6% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • California State University-Sacramento: net price ranged $6,654–$11,178 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -1.0% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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-Sacramento

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Mississippi Valley State University leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,692 vs $20,618 at California State University-Sacramento)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI California State University-Sacramento leads on 150%-time completion (56.1% vs 24.3% at Mississippi Valley State University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-Sacramento leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($64,876 vs $31,919 at Mississippi Valley State University)

Mississippi Valley State University profile · California State University-Sacramento profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and California State University-Sacramento?▼
Mississippi Valley State University leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,692 versus $20,618 at California State University-Sacramento. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and California State University-Sacramento?▼
California State University-Sacramento leads on 150%-time completion at 56.1% versus 24.3% at Mississippi Valley State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and California State University-Sacramento?▼
California State University-Sacramento leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $64,876 versus $31,919 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