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Mississippi Valley State University vs College of Staten Island CUNY

Itta Bena, MS · Staten Island, NY · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MS:NY

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

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

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.

  • College of Staten Island CUNY: average net price fell -30.5% from $7,364 (2013) to $5,115 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • 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).
  • Mississippi Valley State University: enrollment shrank -28.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -69 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • College of Staten Island CUNY: enrollment shrank -27.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -381 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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 College of Staten Island CUNY

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Mississippi Valley State University leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,692 vs $15,440 at College of Staten Island CUNY)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA College of Staten Island CUNY leads on median debt at graduation ($14,350 vs $28,413 at Mississippi Valley State University)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price ($5,579 vs $9,686 at Mississippi Valley State University)

Mississippi Valley State University profile · College of Staten Island CUNY 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 College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
Mississippi Valley State University leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,692 versus $15,440 at College of Staten Island CUNY. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on median debt at graduation at $14,350 versus $28,413 at Mississippi Valley State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Mississippi Valley State University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price at $5,579 versus $9,686 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