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Bay Mills Community College vs West Shore Community College

Brimley, MI · Scottville, MI · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MI:MI

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MI
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • West Shore Community College: average net price fell -63.1% from $3,616 (2013) to $1,335 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Bay Mills Community College: net price ranged $4,259–$7,833 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -24.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • Bay Mills Community College: enrollment ranged 398–547 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • West Shore Community College: enrollment shrank -44.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -46 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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: Bay Mills Community College vs West Shore Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Bay Mills Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($3,480 vs $8,820 at West Shore Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE West Shore Community College leads on avg net price ($1,527 vs $3,073 at Bay Mills Community College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Bay Mills Community College leads on in-state tuition ($3,480 vs $4,470 at West Shore Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Bay Mills Community College and West Shore Community College?▼
Bay Mills Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $3,480 versus $8,820 at West Shore Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Bay Mills Community College and West Shore Community College?▼
West Shore Community College leads on avg net price at $1,527 versus $3,073 at Bay Mills Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Bay Mills Community College and West Shore Community College?▼
Bay Mills Community College leads on in-state tuition at $3,480 versus $4,470 at West Shore Community 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