South University-West Palm Beach vs Calumet College of Saint Joseph

Royal Palm Beach, FL · Whiting, IN · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair FL:IN

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-OUTCOME

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE FL × IN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Calumet College of Saint Joseph: net price ranged $10,113–$20,739 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +80.1% is not a trend (r² 0.30).
  • South University-West Palm Beach: average net price fell -14.8% from $24,052 (2013) to $20,494 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • South University-West Palm Beach: enrollment shrank -70.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -79 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Calumet College of Saint Joseph: enrollment shrank -43.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -43 students/yr fitted, r² 0.73.

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 University-West Palm Beach vs Calumet College of Saint Joseph

  1. RETENTION-RATE South University-West Palm Beach leads on retention rate (100.0% vs 42.3% at Calumet College of Saint Joseph)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Calumet College of Saint Joseph leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($46,945 vs $34,421 at South University-West Palm Beach)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION South University-West Palm Beach leads on in-state tuition ($18,145 vs $23,850 at Calumet College of Saint Joseph)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between South University-West Palm Beach and Calumet College of Saint Joseph?
South University-West Palm Beach leads on retention rate at 100.0% versus 42.3% at Calumet College of Saint Joseph. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between South University-West Palm Beach and Calumet College of Saint Joseph?
Calumet College of Saint Joseph leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $46,945 versus $34,421 at South University-West Palm Beach. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between South University-West Palm Beach and Calumet College of Saint Joseph?
South University-West Palm Beach leads on in-state tuition at $18,145 versus $23,850 at Calumet College of Saint Joseph. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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