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Ohio State University-Main Campus vs Purdue University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · West Lafayette, IN · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair OH:IN

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × IN
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Purdue University-Main Campus posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,048 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Ohio State University-Main Campus: enrollment ranged 43,139–45,986 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Ohio State University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (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: Ohio State University-Main Campus vs Purdue University-Main Campus

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Purdue University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($28,794 vs $40,022 at Ohio State University-Main Campus)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Purdue University-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition ($9,992 vs $13,244 at Ohio State University-Main Campus)
  3. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Purdue University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate (49.9% vs 60.6% at Ohio State University-Main Campus)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Ohio State University-Main Campus and Purdue University-Main Campus?▼
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $28,794 versus $40,022 at Ohio State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Ohio State University-Main Campus and Purdue University-Main Campus?▼
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on in-state tuition at $9,992 versus $13,244 at Ohio State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Ohio State University-Main Campus and Purdue University-Main Campus?▼
Purdue University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate at 49.9% versus 60.6% at Ohio State University-Main Campus. 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