Western Washington University vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Bellingham, WA · Whitewater, WI · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WA:WI

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × WI
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Western Washington University: net price ranged $9,717–$18,680 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +14.4% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: average net price rose +12.2% from $13,183 (2013) to $14,785 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Western Washington University: acceptance rate eased +9.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.75).
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).

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: Western Washington University vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition ($18,716 vs $28,707 at Western Washington University)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on avg net price ($14,158 vs $21,193 at Western Washington University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Western Washington University leads on median debt at graduation ($18,500 vs $23,188 at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Western Washington University and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition at $18,716 versus $28,707 at Western Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Western Washington University and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on avg net price at $14,158 versus $21,193 at Western Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Western Washington University and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?
Western Washington University leads on median debt at graduation at $18,500 versus $23,188 at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. 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