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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus vs CUNY Graduate School and University Center

University Park, PA · New York, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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

CUNY Graduate School and University Center 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.

  • CUNY Graduate School and University Center: enrollment grew +175.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +194 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus: enrollment ranged 39,460–74,630 (2013–2023, 9 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: Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus vs CUNY Graduate School and University Center

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on in-state tuition ($7,235 vs $20,644 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on out-of-state tuition ($15,185 vs $41,790 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on median debt at graduation ($12,584 vs $25,000 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus and CUNY Graduate School and University Center?▼
CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on in-state tuition at $7,235 versus $20,644 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus and CUNY Graduate School and University Center?▼
CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on out-of-state tuition at $15,185 versus $41,790 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus and CUNY Graduate School and University Center?▼
CUNY Graduate School and University Center leads on median debt at graduation at $12,584 versus $25,000 at Pennsylvania 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025