Oakland Community College vs San Francisco State University

Auburn Hills, MI · San Francisco, CA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MI:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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.

  • Oakland Community College: enrollment ranged 9,866–15,810 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • San Francisco State University: enrollment shrank -20.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -513 students/yr fitted, r² 0.68.
  • Oakland Community College: net price ranged $2,825–$5,043 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -9.4% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • San Francisco State University: net price ranged $11,658–$15,113 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -9.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Oakland Community College vs San Francisco State University

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Oakland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,560 vs $20,550 at San Francisco State University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Oakland Community College leads on in-state tuition ($3,020 vs $7,950 at San Francisco State University)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI San Francisco State University leads on 150%-time completion (50.3% vs 19.3% at Oakland Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Oakland Community College and San Francisco State University?
Oakland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,560 versus $20,550 at San Francisco State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Oakland Community College and San Francisco State University?
Oakland Community College leads on in-state tuition at $3,020 versus $7,950 at San Francisco State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Oakland Community College and San Francisco State University?
San Francisco State University leads on 150%-time completion at 50.3% versus 19.3% at Oakland Community College. 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