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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

University Park, PA · Whitewater, WI · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:WI

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × WI
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: enrollment shrank -12.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -171 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus: enrollment ranged 39,460–74,630 (2013–2023, 9 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.07).
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).

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 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition ($8,616 vs $20,644 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on avg net price ($14,158 vs $32,875 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition ($18,716 vs $41,790 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus profile · University of Wisconsin-Whitewater profile · Compare other colleges

In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition at $8,616 versus $20,644 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on avg net price at $14,158 versus $32,875 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 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition at $18,716 versus $41,790 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