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Ottawa University-Online vs Carnegie Mellon University

Overland Park, KS · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair KS:PA

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE KS × PA
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-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

Carnegie Mellon University 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.

  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Ottawa University-Online: enrollment ranged 128–387 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Ottawa University-Online vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Ottawa University-Online leads on in-state tuition ($13,296 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Ottawa University-Online leads on out-of-state tuition ($13,296 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($105,360 vs $49,139 at Ottawa University-Online)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Ottawa University-Online and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Ottawa University-Online leads on in-state tuition at $13,296 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Ottawa University-Online and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Ottawa University-Online leads on out-of-state tuition at $13,296 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Ottawa University-Online and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $105,360 versus $49,139 at Ottawa University-Online. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025