Polk State College vs College of Staten Island CUNY

Winter Haven, FL · Staten Island, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair FL:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • College of Staten Island CUNY: average net price fell -30.5% from $7,364 (2013) to $5,115 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Polk State College: net price ranged $7,327–$9,740 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -2.5% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Polk State College: enrollment shrank -36.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -325 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • College of Staten Island CUNY: enrollment shrank -27.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -381 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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: Polk State College vs College of Staten Island CUNY

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Polk State College leads on in-state tuition ($2,694 vs $7,490 at College of Staten Island CUNY)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price ($5,579 vs $9,427 at Polk State College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Polk State College leads on out-of-state tuition ($9,817 vs $15,440 at College of Staten Island CUNY)

Polk State College profile · College of Staten Island CUNY profile · Compare other colleges

In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Polk State College and College of Staten Island CUNY?
Polk State College leads on in-state tuition at $2,694 versus $7,490 at College of Staten Island CUNY. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Polk State College and College of Staten Island CUNY?
College of Staten Island CUNY leads on avg net price at $5,579 versus $9,427 at Polk State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Polk State College and College of Staten Island CUNY?
Polk State College leads on out-of-state tuition at $9,817 versus $15,440 at College of Staten Island CUNY. 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