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University of Missouri-Kansas City vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Kansas City, MO · Whitewater, WI · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MO:WI

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MO × WI
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

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.

  • University of Missouri-Kansas City: average net price fell -27.1% from $17,606 (2013) to $12,837 (2023), r² 0.66.
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: average net price rose +12.2% from $13,183 (2013) to $14,785 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City: acceptance rate eased +127.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.51).
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).

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 Missouri-Kansas City vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition ($18,716 vs $30,227 at University of Missouri-Kansas City)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition ($8,616 vs $12,587 at University of Missouri-Kansas City)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of Missouri-Kansas City leads on median debt at graduation ($18,750 vs $23,188 at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition at $18,716 versus $30,227 at University of Missouri-Kansas City. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition at $8,616 versus $12,587 at University of Missouri-Kansas City. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Missouri-Kansas City leads on median debt at graduation at $18,750 versus $23,188 at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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