University of Washington-Tacoma Campus vs George Mason University

Tacoma, WA · Fairfax, VA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair WA:VA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × VA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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 · 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

George Mason University 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.

  • George Mason University: enrollment grew +27.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +620 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • University of Washington-Tacoma Campus: enrollment ranged 3,587–4,565 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Washington-Tacoma Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.04).
  • George Mason University: acceptance rate eased +43.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.80).

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 Washington-Tacoma Campus vs George Mason University

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Washington-Tacoma Campus leads on avg net price ($10,163 vs $17,915 at George Mason University)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of Washington-Tacoma Campus leads on median debt at graduation ($14,615 vs $19,500 at George Mason University)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI George Mason University leads on out-of-state tuition ($38,688 vs $43,404 at University of Washington-Tacoma Campus)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between University of Washington-Tacoma Campus and George Mason University?
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus leads on avg net price at $10,163 versus $17,915 at George Mason University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Washington-Tacoma Campus and George Mason University?
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus leads on median debt at graduation at $14,615 versus $19,500 at George Mason University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Washington-Tacoma Campus and George Mason University?
George Mason University leads on out-of-state tuition at $38,688 versus $43,404 at University of Washington-Tacoma Campus. 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