Southern Utah University vs California State University-Sacramento

Cedar City, UT · Sacramento, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair UT:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE UT × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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.

  • Southern Utah University: average net price fell -20.3% from $14,336 (2013) to $11,432 (2023), r² 0.46.
  • California State University-Sacramento: net price ranged $6,654–$11,178 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -1.0% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Southern Utah University: acceptance rate eased +41.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.76).
  • California State University-Sacramento: acceptance rate eased +34.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.70).

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 Utah University vs California State University-Sacramento

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-Sacramento leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($64,876 vs $50,296 at Southern Utah University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 California State University-Sacramento leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($51,074 vs $41,147 at Southern Utah University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Southern Utah University leads on median debt at graduation ($12,500 vs $15,000 at California State University-Sacramento)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern Utah University and California State University-Sacramento?
California State University-Sacramento leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $64,876 versus $50,296 at Southern Utah University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Southern Utah University and California State University-Sacramento?
California State University-Sacramento leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $51,074 versus $41,147 at Southern Utah University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Southern Utah University and California State University-Sacramento?
Southern Utah University leads on median debt at graduation at $12,500 versus $15,000 at California State University-Sacramento. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025