Rush University vs Cleveland State University

Chicago, IL · Cleveland, OH · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair IL:OH

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE IL × OH
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 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.

  • Cleveland State University: enrollment shrank -21.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -233 students/yr fitted, r² 0.69.
  • Rush University: enrollment ranged 104–137 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Rush University vs Cleveland State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Rush University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,865 vs $44,625 at Cleveland State University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Rush University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($75,194 vs $52,131 at Cleveland State University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Cleveland State University leads on median debt at graduation ($21,797 vs $21,988 at Rush University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Rush University and Cleveland State University?
Rush University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,865 versus $44,625 at Cleveland State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Rush University and Cleveland State University?
Rush University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $75,194 versus $52,131 at Cleveland State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Rush University and Cleveland State University?
Cleveland State University leads on median debt at graduation at $21,797 versus $21,988 at Rush 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 (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025