University of West Florida vs California State University-Long Beach

Pensacola, FL · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair FL:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × CA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • University of West Florida: average net price fell -33.1% from $12,191 (2013) to $8,155 (2023), r² 0.73.
  • California State University-Long Beach: net price ranged $8,338–$10,054 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.9% is not a trend (r² 0.24).
  • University of West Florida: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.20).
  • California State University-Long Beach: acceptance rate eased +52.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).

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 West Florida vs California State University-Long Beach

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($64,403 vs $49,137 at University of West Florida)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE California State University-Long Beach leads on acceptance rate (46.3% vs 58.2% at University of West Florida)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT California State University-Long Beach leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (77.4% vs 65.1% at University of West Florida)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of West Florida and California State University-Long Beach?
California State University-Long Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $64,403 versus $49,137 at University of West Florida. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of West Florida and California State University-Long Beach?
California State University-Long Beach leads on acceptance rate at 46.3% versus 58.2% at University of West Florida. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between University of West Florida and California State University-Long Beach?
California State University-Long Beach leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 77.4% versus 65.1% at University of West Florida. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025