Amarillo College vs College of Lake County

Amarillo, TX · Grayslake, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair TX:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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.

  • College of Lake County: average net price rose +35.6% from $4,581 (2013) to $6,212 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Amarillo College: net price ranged $4,034–$6,224 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +2.7% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Amarillo College: enrollment shrank -26.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -261 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.
  • College of Lake County: enrollment shrank -22.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -275 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.

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: Amarillo College vs College of Lake County

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Amarillo College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,704 vs $14,400 at College of Lake County)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Amarillo College leads on in-state tuition ($2,136 vs $4,788 at College of Lake County)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA College of Lake County leads on median debt at graduation ($8,735 vs $15,000 at Amarillo College)

Amarillo College profile · College of Lake County profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Amarillo College and College of Lake County?
Amarillo College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,704 versus $14,400 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Amarillo College and College of Lake County?
Amarillo College leads on in-state tuition at $2,136 versus $4,788 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Amarillo College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on median debt at graduation at $8,735 versus $15,000 at Amarillo College. 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