Butte College vs Southwestern Illinois College

Oroville, CA · Belleville, IL · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair CA:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IL
  • 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 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.

  • Southwestern Illinois College: average net price fell -24.1% from $9,503 (2013) to $7,210 (2023), r² 0.44.
  • Butte College: net price ranged $3,888–$7,473 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.3% is not a trend (r² 0.18).
  • Butte College: enrollment shrank -24.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -323 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Southwestern Illinois College: enrollment shrank -46.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -481 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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: Butte College vs Southwestern Illinois College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Butte College leads on in-state tuition ($1,356 vs $3,960 at Southwestern Illinois College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Butte College leads on avg net price ($5,520 vs $10,427 at Southwestern Illinois College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Southwestern Illinois College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,908 vs $10,500 at Butte College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Butte College and Southwestern Illinois College?
Butte College leads on in-state tuition at $1,356 versus $3,960 at Southwestern Illinois College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Butte College and Southwestern Illinois College?
Butte College leads on avg net price at $5,520 versus $10,427 at Southwestern Illinois College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Butte College and Southwestern Illinois College?
Southwestern Illinois College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,908 versus $10,500 at Butte 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