Tarleton State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Stephenville, TX · Vallejo, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair TX:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Tarleton State University: average net price rose +35.3% from $14,978 (2013) to $20,261 (2023), r² 0.90.
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: net price ranged $15,206–$22,070 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.4% is not a trend (r² 0.28).
  • Tarleton State University: acceptance rate eased +65.8% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.53).
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: acceptance rate eased +32.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.67).

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: Tarleton State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($84,676 vs $46,729 at Tarleton State University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($94,784 vs $53,040 at Tarleton State University)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (93.6% vs 69.5% at Tarleton State University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Tarleton State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $84,676 versus $46,729 at Tarleton State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Tarleton State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $94,784 versus $53,040 at Tarleton State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Tarleton State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 93.6% versus 69.5% at Tarleton State University. 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