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University of North Carolina Wilmington vs University of Maryland-College Park

Wilmington, NC · College Park, MD · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair NC:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NC × MD
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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

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 Wilmington: average net price rose +43.0% from $13,618 (2013) to $19,472 (2023), r² 0.85.
  • University of Maryland-College Park: net price ranged $15,590–$19,045 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.9% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington: acceptance rate eased +36.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).
  • University of Maryland-College Park: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).

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 Wilmington vs University of Maryland-College Park

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on out-of-state tuition ($24,152 vs $41,186 at University of Maryland-College Park)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on in-state tuition ($7,277 vs $11,809 at University of Maryland-College Park)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($82,860 vs $54,967 at University of North Carolina Wilmington)

University of North Carolina Wilmington profile · University of Maryland-College Park profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of North Carolina Wilmington and University of Maryland-College Park?▼
University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on out-of-state tuition at $24,152 versus $41,186 at University of Maryland-College Park. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of North Carolina Wilmington and University of Maryland-College Park?▼
University of North Carolina Wilmington leads on in-state tuition at $7,277 versus $11,809 at University of Maryland-College Park. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of North Carolina Wilmington and University of Maryland-College Park?▼
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $82,860 versus $54,967 at University of North Carolina Wilmington. 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