Plaza College vs University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Forest Hills, NY · Milwaukee, WI · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair NY:WI

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE NY × WI
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

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.

  • Plaza College: average net price rose +52.5% from $11,933 (2013) to $18,193 (2023), r² 0.96.
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: net price ranged $15,845–$17,940 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.8% is not a trend (r² 0.22).
  • Plaza College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.08).
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.01).

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: Plaza College vs University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Plaza College leads on acceptance rate (30.0% vs 90.7% at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($54,990 vs $31,519 at Plaza College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (77.0% vs 49.1% at Plaza College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Plaza College and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee?
Plaza College leads on acceptance rate at 30.0% versus 90.7% at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Plaza College and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee?
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $54,990 versus $31,519 at Plaza College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Plaza College and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee?
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 77.0% versus 49.1% at Plaza College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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