University of Alabama at Birmingham vs CUNY Hunter College

Birmingham, AL · New York, NY · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair AL:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE AL × NY
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • CUNY Hunter College: average net price fell -63.4% from $6,688 (2013) to $2,446 (2023), r² 0.65.
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: average net price rose +19.7% from $14,805 (2013) to $17,727 (2023), r² 0.56.
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.10).
  • CUNY Hunter College: acceptance rate eased +81.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.74).

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: University of Alabama at Birmingham vs CUNY Hunter College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE CUNY Hunter College leads on avg net price ($2,984 vs $18,749 at University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA CUNY Hunter College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $22,300 at University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  3. ACCEPTANCE-RATE CUNY Hunter College leads on acceptance rate (53.8% vs 88.2% at University of Alabama at Birmingham)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between University of Alabama at Birmingham and CUNY Hunter College?
CUNY Hunter College leads on avg net price at $2,984 versus $18,749 at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Alabama at Birmingham and CUNY Hunter College?
CUNY Hunter College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 versus $22,300 at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Alabama at Birmingham and CUNY Hunter College?
CUNY Hunter College leads on acceptance rate at 53.8% versus 88.2% at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025