University of North Carolina at Greensboro vs Sonoma State University

Greensboro, NC · Rohnert Park, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 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 (10 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.

  • Sonoma State University: enrollment shrank -35.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -311 students/yr fitted, r² 0.73.
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro: enrollment ranged 13,848–16,238 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro: acceptance rate eased +49.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.89).
  • Sonoma State University: acceptance rate eased +15.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.77).

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 Greensboro vs Sonoma State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Sonoma State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($65,986 vs $48,160 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Sonoma State University leads on median debt at graduation ($16,705 vs $22,858 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Sonoma State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($52,179 vs $39,869 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Sonoma State University?
Sonoma State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $65,986 versus $48,160 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Sonoma State University?
Sonoma State University leads on median debt at graduation at $16,705 versus $22,858 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Sonoma State University?
Sonoma State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $52,179 versus $39,869 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025