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South Dakota State University vs Texas Tech University

Brookings, SD · Lubbock, TX · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair SD:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SD × TX
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Texas Tech University: average net price rose +30.3% from $15,403 (2013) to $20,071 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • South Dakota State University: net price ranged $15,538–$21,762 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.3% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • South Dakota State University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • Texas Tech University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.37).

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: South Dakota State University vs Texas Tech University

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI South Dakota State University leads on out-of-state tuition ($12,809 vs $24,451 at Texas Tech University)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Texas Tech University leads on acceptance rate (72.7% vs 98.3% at South Dakota State University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION South Dakota State University leads on in-state tuition ($9,299 vs $11,852 at Texas Tech University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between South Dakota State University and Texas Tech University?▼
South Dakota State University leads on out-of-state tuition at $12,809 versus $24,451 at Texas Tech University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between South Dakota State University and Texas Tech University?▼
Texas Tech University leads on acceptance rate at 72.7% versus 98.3% at South Dakota State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between South Dakota State University and Texas Tech University?▼
South Dakota State University leads on in-state tuition at $9,299 versus $11,852 at Texas Tech University. 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