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University of North Carolina at Charlotte vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Charlotte, NC · Vallejo, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair NC:CA

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

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

  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte: average net price rose +20.2% from $12,268 (2013) to $14,745 (2023), r² 0.41.
  • 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).
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte: acceptance rate eased +17.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.66).
  • 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: University of North Carolina at Charlotte vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($84,676 vs $48,812 at University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($94,784 vs $57,289 at University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION University of North Carolina at Charlotte leads on in-state tuition ($7,239 vs $9,944 at Cal Poly Maritime Academy)

University of North Carolina at Charlotte profile · Cal Poly Maritime Academy profile · Compare other colleges

Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?▼
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $84,676 versus $48,812 at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?▼
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $94,784 versus $57,289 at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?▼
University of North Carolina at Charlotte leads on in-state tuition at $7,239 versus $9,944 at Cal Poly Maritime Academy. 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