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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Middletown, PA · Whitewater, WI · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair PA:WI

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

  • 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-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.

  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg: enrollment ranged 0–4,223 (2013–2023, 9 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: enrollment shrank -12.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -171 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg: acceptance rate eased +20.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.96).
  • 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-Penn State Harrisburg vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on 150%-time completion (61.5% vs 27.7% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition ($8,616 vs $15,972 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on avg net price ($14,158 vs $23,330 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on 150%-time completion at 61.5% versus 27.7% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition at $8,616 versus $15,972 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on avg net price at $14,158 versus $23,330 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025