Pittsburg State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Pittsburg, KS · Vallejo, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair KS:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE KS × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Pittsburg State University: average net price rose +56.9% from $12,040 (2013) to $18,889 (2023), r² 0.78.
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: net price ranged $15,206–$22,070 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.4% is not a trend (r² 0.28).
  • Pittsburg State University: acceptance rate eased +11.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.48).
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: acceptance rate eased +32.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.67).

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: Pittsburg State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($84,676 vs $43,793 at Pittsburg State University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($94,784 vs $50,579 at Pittsburg State University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Pittsburg State University leads on median debt at graduation ($18,969 vs $24,965 at Cal Poly Maritime Academy)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pittsburg State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $84,676 versus $43,793 at Pittsburg State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Pittsburg State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $94,784 versus $50,579 at Pittsburg State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Pittsburg State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Pittsburg State University leads on median debt at graduation at $18,969 versus $24,965 at Cal Poly Maritime Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025