Santiago Canyon College vs Purdue University-Main Campus

Orange, CA · West Lafayette, IN · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair CA:IN

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Purdue University-Main Campus posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,048 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Santiago Canyon College: enrollment ranged 8,182–11,378 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Santiago Canyon College: net price ranged $2,045–$4,330 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +11.9% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: net price ranged $9,127–$15,543 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -10.3% is not a trend (r² 0.20).

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: Santiago Canyon College vs Purdue University-Main Campus

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Santiago Canyon College leads on in-state tuition ($1,164 vs $9,992 at Purdue University-Main Campus)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Santiago Canyon College leads on avg net price ($2,129 vs $14,600 at Purdue University-Main Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Santiago Canyon College leads on median debt at graduation ($5,125 vs $19,500 at Purdue University-Main Campus)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Santiago Canyon College and Purdue University-Main Campus?
Santiago Canyon College leads on in-state tuition at $1,164 versus $9,992 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Santiago Canyon College and Purdue University-Main Campus?
Santiago Canyon College leads on avg net price at $2,129 versus $14,600 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Santiago Canyon College and Purdue University-Main Campus?
Santiago Canyon College leads on median debt at graduation at $5,125 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025