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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale vs University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Carbondale, IL · Minneapolis, MN · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IL:MN

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × MN
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.
  • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: enrollment ranged 30,135–31,535 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.28).
  • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: acceptance rate eased +73.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.90).

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 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Southern Illinois University-Carbondale leads on out-of-state tuition ($13,334 vs $38,362 at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI University of Minnesota-Twin Cities leads on 150%-time completion (85.0% vs 59.0% at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)
  3. RETENTION-RATE University of Minnesota-Twin Cities leads on retention rate (91.1% vs 66.8% at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale profile · University of Minnesota-Twin Cities profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities?▼
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale leads on out-of-state tuition at $13,334 versus $38,362 at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities?▼
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities leads on 150%-time completion at 85.0% versus 59.0% at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On retention rate, who leads between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities?▼
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities leads on retention rate at 91.1% versus 66.8% 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025