Baker College vs Southern Maine Community College

Owosso, MI · South Portland, ME · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MI:ME

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MI × ME
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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.

  • Baker College: enrollment ranged 3,026–24,023 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Southern Maine Community College: enrollment shrank -11.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -106 students/yr fitted, r² 0.49.
  • Baker College: net price ranged $11,710–$15,171 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.6% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • Southern Maine Community College: net price ranged $8,710–$11,638 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +2.1% is not a trend (r² 0.29).

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: Baker College vs Southern Maine Community College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Southern Maine Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,156 vs $13,000 at Baker College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Southern Maine Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,331 vs $25,000 at Baker College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Southern Maine Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,036 vs $13,000 at Baker College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Baker College and Southern Maine Community College?
Southern Maine Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,156 versus $13,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Baker College and Southern Maine Community College?
Southern Maine Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,331 versus $25,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Baker College and Southern Maine Community College?
Southern Maine Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,036 versus $13,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025