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North Carolina A & T State University vs California State University-Long Beach

Greensboro, NC · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair NC:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NC × CA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

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ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • California State University-Long Beach: acceptance rate eased +52.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).
  • North Carolina A & T State University: acceptance rate tightened -33.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.44).
  • North Carolina A & T State University: enrollment grew +39.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +344 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.
  • California State University-Long Beach: enrollment grew +12.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +312 students/yr fitted, r² 0.71.

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: North Carolina A & T State University vs California State University-Long Beach

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA California State University-Long Beach leads on median debt at graduation ($14,289 vs $27,000 at North Carolina A & T State University)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT California State University-Long Beach leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (77.4% vs 51.8% at North Carolina A & T State University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($64,403 vs $44,440 at North Carolina A & T State University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between North Carolina A & T State University and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on median debt at graduation at $14,289 versus $27,000 at North Carolina A & T State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between North Carolina A & T State University and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 77.4% versus 51.8% at North Carolina A & T State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between North Carolina A & T State University and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $64,403 versus $44,440 at North Carolina A & T 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025