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University of South Carolina Beaufort vs Farmingdale State College

Bluffton, SC · Farmingdale, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair SC:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Farmingdale State College posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Farmingdale State College: enrollment grew +22.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +162 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • University of South Carolina Beaufort: enrollment ranged 1,716–2,040 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of South Carolina Beaufort: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.27).
  • Farmingdale State College: acceptance rate eased +31.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.64).

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 South Carolina Beaufort vs Farmingdale State College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Farmingdale State College leads on median debt at graduation ($14,718 vs $24,000 at University of South Carolina Beaufort)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Farmingdale State College leads on 150%-time completion (54.9% vs 36.5% at University of South Carolina Beaufort)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Farmingdale State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($69,781 vs $48,088 at University of South Carolina Beaufort)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of South Carolina Beaufort and Farmingdale State College?▼
Farmingdale State College leads on median debt at graduation at $14,718 versus $24,000 at University of South Carolina Beaufort. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between University of South Carolina Beaufort and Farmingdale State College?▼
Farmingdale State College leads on 150%-time completion at 54.9% versus 36.5% at University of South Carolina Beaufort. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of South Carolina Beaufort and Farmingdale State College?▼
Farmingdale State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $69,781 versus $48,088 at University of South Carolina Beaufort. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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