Virginia State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Petersburg, VA · Vallejo, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair VA:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE VA × CA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.

  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: enrollment shrank -27.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -32 students/yr fitted, r² 0.82.
  • Virginia State University: enrollment ranged 3,653–5,023 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Virginia State University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.13).
  • Cal Poly Maritime Academy: acceptance rate eased +32.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.67).

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: Virginia State University vs Cal Poly Maritime Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($84,676 vs $33,630 at Virginia State University)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (93.6% vs 38.2% at Virginia State University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($94,784 vs $45,543 at Virginia State University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Virginia State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $84,676 versus $33,630 at Virginia State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Virginia State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 93.6% versus 38.2% at Virginia State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Virginia State University and Cal Poly Maritime Academy?
Cal Poly Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $94,784 versus $45,543 at Virginia 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 earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025