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Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia vs University of California-Santa Barbara

Philadelphia, PA · Santa Barbara, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:CA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × CA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • University of California-Santa Barbara: acceptance rate tightened -37.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.63).
  • Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.17).
  • Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: enrollment shrank -9.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -92 students/yr fitted, r² 0.51.
  • University of California-Santa Barbara: enrollment grew +19.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +397 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.

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: Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia vs University of California-Santa Barbara

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of California-Santa Barbara leads on in-state tuition ($16,414 vs $53,260 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of California-Santa Barbara leads on acceptance rate (33.0% vs 88.8% at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE University of California-Santa Barbara leads on avg net price ($16,109 vs $29,689 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia and University of California-Santa Barbara?▼
University of California-Santa Barbara leads on in-state tuition at $16,414 versus $53,260 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia and University of California-Santa Barbara?▼
University of California-Santa Barbara leads on acceptance rate at 33.0% versus 88.8% at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia and University of California-Santa Barbara?▼
University of California-Santa Barbara leads on avg net price at $16,109 versus $29,689 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. 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