Augusta Technical College vs College of Lake County

Augusta, GA · Grayslake, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair GA:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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 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.
  • Augusta Technical College: net price ranged $7,274–$13,041 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -6.9% is not a trend (r² 0.08).
  • Augusta Technical College: enrollment shrank -17.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -96 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • 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: Augusta Technical College vs College of Lake County

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Augusta Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($4,500 vs $8,735 at College of Lake County)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Augusta Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,492 vs $14,400 at College of Lake County)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT College of Lake County leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (67.1% vs 44.7% at Augusta Technical College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Augusta Technical College and College of Lake County?
Augusta Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $4,500 versus $8,735 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Augusta Technical College and College of Lake County?
Augusta Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,492 versus $14,400 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Augusta Technical College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 67.1% versus 44.7% at Augusta Technical College. 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