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Purdue University-Main Campus vs California State University-Long Beach

West Lafayette, IN · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IN:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IN × CA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both grew, one campus expanded much faster

ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both Purdue University-Main Campus and California State University-Long Beach across 2013–2023, but one fitted annual pace pulls far ahead of the other. Treat them as size peers on different slopes, not interchangeable large campuses.

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,048 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • California State University-Long Beach: enrollment grew +12.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +312 students/yr fitted, r² 0.71.
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).
  • California State University-Long Beach: acceptance rate eased +52.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).

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: Purdue University-Main Campus vs California State University-Long Beach

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI California State University-Long Beach leads on out-of-state tuition ($19,950 vs $28,794 at Purdue University-Main Campus)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE California State University-Long Beach leads on avg net price ($10,440 vs $14,600 at Purdue University-Main Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA California State University-Long Beach leads on median debt at graduation ($14,289 vs $19,500 at Purdue University-Main Campus)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on out-of-state tuition at $19,950 versus $28,794 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on avg net price at $10,440 versus $14,600 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Purdue University-Main Campus and California State University-Long Beach?▼
California State University-Long Beach leads on median debt at graduation at $14,289 versus $19,500 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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