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Tennessee State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Nashville, TN · Vallejo, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair TN:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TN × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: enrollment shrank -27.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -32 students/yr fitted, r² 0.82.
  • Tennessee State University: enrollment ranged 5,707–7,346 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Tennessee State University: net price ranged $9,603–$12,494 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +4.4% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • 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).

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: Tennessee State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($84,676 vs $34,160 at Tennessee State University)
  2. RETENTION-RATE Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on retention rate (77.5% vs 33.5% at Tennessee State University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($94,784 vs $42,730 at Tennessee State University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Tennessee State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?▼
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $84,676 versus $34,160 at Tennessee State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On retention rate, who leads between Tennessee State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?▼
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on retention rate at 77.5% versus 33.5% at Tennessee State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Tennessee State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?▼
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $94,784 versus $42,730 at Tennessee 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