University of Utah vs California State University-Los Angeles

Salt Lake City, UT · Los Angeles, CA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair UT:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE UT × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • University of Utah: enrollment grew +11.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +293 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.
  • California State University-Los Angeles: enrollment ranged 19,525–24,780 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Utah: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.09).
  • California State University-Los Angeles: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.30).

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 Utah vs California State University-Los Angeles

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE California State University-Los Angeles leads on avg net price ($3,967 vs $16,200 at University of Utah)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI California State University-Los Angeles leads on out-of-state tuition ($19,760 vs $30,860 at University of Utah)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA California State University-Los Angeles leads on median debt at graduation ($13,000 vs $19,000 at University of Utah)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between University of Utah and California State University-Los Angeles?
California State University-Los Angeles leads on avg net price at $3,967 versus $16,200 at University of Utah. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Utah and California State University-Los Angeles?
California State University-Los Angeles leads on out-of-state tuition at $19,760 versus $30,860 at University of Utah. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Utah and California State University-Los Angeles?
California State University-Los Angeles leads on median debt at graduation at $13,000 versus $19,000 at University of Utah. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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