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Ohio State University-Main Campus vs University of Alabama at Birmingham

Columbus, OH · Birmingham, AL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair OH:AL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × AL
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: average net price rose +19.7% from $14,805 (2013) to $17,727 (2023), r² 0.56.
  • Ohio State University-Main Campus: net price ranged $16,845–$18,623 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +2.4% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Ohio State University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.10).

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on out-of-state tuition ($22,562 vs $40,022 at Ohio State University-Main Campus)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Ohio State University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate (60.6% vs 88.2% at University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on in-state tuition ($9,098 vs $13,244 at Ohio State University-Main Campus)

Ohio State University-Main Campus profile · University of Alabama at Birmingham profile · Compare other colleges

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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 University of Alabama at Birmingham?▼
University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on out-of-state tuition at $22,562 versus $40,022 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham?▼
Ohio State University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate at 60.6% versus 88.2% at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Ohio State University-Main Campus and University of Alabama at Birmingham?▼
University of Alabama at Birmingham leads on in-state tuition at $9,098 versus $13,244 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