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Protege Academy vs Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · East Lansing, MI · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MI
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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.

  • Protege Academy: enrollment ranged 41–105 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Michigan State University: enrollment grew +7.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +124 students/yr fitted, r² 0.40.
  • Protege Academy: net price ranged $10,330–$12,139 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -2.6% is not a trend (r² 0.03).
  • Michigan State University: net price ranged $10,925–$20,751 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +25.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).

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: Protege Academy vs Michigan State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Michigan State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($67,253 vs $19,499 at Protege Academy)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Michigan State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($55,084 vs $21,793 at Protege Academy)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Protege Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($9,833 vs $23,250 at Michigan State University)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Protege Academy and Michigan State University?▼
Michigan State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $67,253 versus $19,499 at Protege Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Protege Academy and Michigan State University?▼
Michigan State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $55,084 versus $21,793 at Protege Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Protege Academy and Michigan State University?▼
Protege Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $9,833 versus $23,250 at Michigan State University. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025