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Utah State University vs North Dakota State University-Main Campus

Logan, UT · Fargo, ND · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair UT:ND

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE UT × ND
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • North Dakota State University-Main Campus: enrollment shrank -17.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -249 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • Utah State University: enrollment ranged 20,342–22,265 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Utah State University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.15).
  • North Dakota State University-Main Campus: acceptance rate eased +13.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.66).

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: Utah State University vs North Dakota State University-Main Campus

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Utah State University leads on median debt at graduation ($14,340 vs $23,199 at North Dakota State University-Main Campus)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI North Dakota State University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($15,764 vs $24,802 at Utah State University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 North Dakota State University-Main Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($54,312 vs $44,822 at Utah State University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Utah State University and North Dakota State University-Main Campus?▼
Utah State University leads on median debt at graduation at $14,340 versus $23,199 at North Dakota State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Utah State University and North Dakota State University-Main Campus?▼
North Dakota State University-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $15,764 versus $24,802 at Utah State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Utah State University and North Dakota State University-Main Campus?▼
North Dakota State University-Main Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $54,312 versus $44,822 at Utah State 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025