Pueblo Community College vs Central Washington University

Pueblo, CO · Ellensburg, WA · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair CO:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CO × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

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.

  • Pueblo Community College: enrollment shrank -33.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -160 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.
  • Central Washington University: enrollment ranged 8,081–11,468 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Pueblo Community College: net price ranged $8,951–$14,860 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +13.8% is not a trend (r² 0.08).
  • Central Washington University: net price ranged $14,132–$17,234 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.9% is not a trend (r² 0.41).

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: Pueblo Community College vs Central Washington University

  1. RETENTION-RATE Central Washington University leads on retention rate (70.0% vs 0.0% at Pueblo Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Pueblo Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,000 vs $19,500 at Central Washington University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Pueblo Community College leads on in-state tuition ($5,049 vs $9,417 at Central Washington University)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Pueblo Community College and Central Washington University?
Central Washington University leads on retention rate at 70.0% versus 0.0% at Pueblo Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Pueblo Community College and Central Washington University?
Pueblo Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,000 versus $19,500 at Central Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Pueblo Community College and Central Washington University?
Pueblo Community College leads on in-state tuition at $5,049 versus $9,417 at Central Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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