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Pacific Lutheran University vs College of Staten Island CUNY

Tacoma, WA · Staten Island, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair WA:NY

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE WA × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Average net price fell on both sides

BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023

Fitted net-price slopes at Pacific Lutheran University and College of Staten Island CUNY both decline over 2013–2023. Sticker tuition can still rise while the aided Title IV cohort average moves the other way, this board is about the aided average.

  • College of Staten Island CUNY: average net price fell -30.5% from $7,364 (2013) to $5,115 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Pacific Lutheran University: average net price fell -9.0% from $23,486 (2013) to $21,370 (2023), r² 0.61.
  • Pacific Lutheran University: enrollment shrank -23.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -72 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • College of Staten Island CUNY: enrollment shrank -27.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -381 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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: Pacific Lutheran University vs College of Staten Island CUNY

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION College of Staten Island CUNY leads on in-state tuition ($7,490 vs $52,254 at Pacific Lutheran University)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price ($5,579 vs $19,589 at Pacific Lutheran University)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI College of Staten Island CUNY leads on out-of-state tuition ($15,440 vs $52,254 at Pacific Lutheran University)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Pacific Lutheran University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on in-state tuition at $7,490 versus $52,254 at Pacific Lutheran University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Pacific Lutheran University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price at $5,579 versus $19,589 at Pacific Lutheran University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Pacific Lutheran University and College of Staten Island CUNY?▼
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on out-of-state tuition at $15,440 versus $52,254 at Pacific Lutheran University. 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