University of West Florida vs University of Maryland-College Park

Pensacola, FL · College Park, MD · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair FL:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × MD
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

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.
  • University of Maryland-College Park: net price ranged $15,590–$19,045 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.9% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • University of West Florida: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.20).
  • University of Maryland-College Park: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).

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 University of Maryland-College Park

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of West Florida leads on out-of-state tuition ($19,241 vs $41,186 at University of Maryland-College Park)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of West Florida leads on in-state tuition ($6,360 vs $11,809 at University of Maryland-College Park)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($82,860 vs $49,137 at University of West Florida)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of West Florida and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of West Florida leads on out-of-state tuition at $19,241 versus $41,186 at University of Maryland-College Park. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of West Florida and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of West Florida leads on in-state tuition at $6,360 versus $11,809 at University of Maryland-College Park. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of West Florida and University of Maryland-College Park?
University of Maryland-College Park leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $82,860 versus $49,137 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025