University of Utah vs West Virginia University

Salt Lake City, UT · Morgantown, WV · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair UT:WV

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE UT × WV
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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.

  • West Virginia University: average net price rose +24.4% from $10,449 (2013) to $12,997 (2023), r² 0.77.
  • University of Utah: net price ranged $7,937–$14,773 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -6.7% is not a trend (r² 0.27).
  • University of Utah: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.09).
  • West Virginia University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.10).

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 West Virginia University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Utah leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($55,239 vs $45,181 at West Virginia University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Utah leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($67,170 vs $55,939 at West Virginia University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of Utah leads on median debt at graduation ($19,000 vs $22,500 at West Virginia University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Utah and West Virginia University?▼
University of Utah leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $55,239 versus $45,181 at West Virginia University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Utah and West Virginia University?▼
University of Utah leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $67,170 versus $55,939 at West Virginia University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Utah and West Virginia University?▼
University of Utah leads on median debt at graduation at $19,000 versus $22,500 at West Virginia University. 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