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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny vs Rochester Institute of Technology

McKeesport, PA · Rochester, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:NY

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × NY
  • 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 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.

  • Rochester Institute of Technology: average net price rose +18.0% from $25,155 (2013) to $29,694 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny: net price ranged $14,721–$20,995 across 8 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -12.7% is not a trend (r² 0.09).
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny: acceptance rate eased +18.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.78).
  • Rochester Institute of Technology: acceptance rate eased +18.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.65).

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-Penn State Greater Allegheny vs Rochester Institute of Technology

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny leads on in-state tuition ($14,408 vs $59,274 at Rochester Institute of Technology)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Rochester Institute of Technology leads on 150%-time completion (70.3% vs 23.1% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny leads on out-of-state tuition ($24,134 vs $59,274 at Rochester Institute of Technology)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny and Rochester Institute of Technology?▼
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny leads on in-state tuition at $14,408 versus $59,274 at Rochester Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny and Rochester Institute of Technology?▼
Rochester Institute of Technology leads on 150%-time completion at 70.3% versus 23.1% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny and Rochester Institute of Technology?▼
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny leads on out-of-state tuition at $24,134 versus $59,274 at Rochester Institute of Technology. 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