Southern Illinois University-Carbondale vs SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Carbondale, IL · Brooklyn, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair IL:NY

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × NY
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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.

  • Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: enrollment shrank -38.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -651 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: enrollment ranged 182–347 (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: Southern Illinois University-Carbondale vs SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($110,661 vs $43,087 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($109,601 vs $53,390 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median debt at graduation ($12,500 vs $21,543 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $110,661 versus $43,087 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $109,601 versus $53,390 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median debt at graduation at $12,500 versus $21,543 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. 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