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Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology vs Columbia Southern University

Tulsa, OK · Orange Beach, AL · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair OK:AL

FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE OK × AL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-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.

  • Columbia Southern University: enrollment shrank -11.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -366 students/yr fitted, r² 0.64.
  • Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology: enrollment ranged 639–1,127 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology: average net price rose +40.7% from $22,415 (2013) to $31,544 (2023), r² 0.85.
  • Columbia Southern University: average net price rose +48.5% from $10,084 (2013) to $14,975 (2023), r² 0.68.

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: Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology vs Columbia Southern University

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Columbia Southern University leads on in-state tuition ($6,760 vs $20,940 at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Columbia Southern University leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,760 vs $20,940 at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Columbia Southern University leads on avg net price ($14,580 vs $29,776 at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology and Columbia Southern University?▼
Columbia Southern University leads on in-state tuition at $6,760 versus $20,940 at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology and Columbia Southern University?▼
Columbia Southern University leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,760 versus $20,940 at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology and Columbia Southern University?▼
Columbia Southern University leads on avg net price at $14,580 versus $29,776 at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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