Career Center of Southern Illinois vs Maine Maritime Academy

Red Bud, IL · Castine, ME · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair IL:ME

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × ME
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Career Center of Southern Illinois: average net price rose +29.3% from $16,832 (2013) to $21,769 (2023), r² 0.40.
  • Maine Maritime Academy: net price ranged $19,687–$23,778 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +7.6% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Career Center of Southern Illinois: enrollment ranged 41–90 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Maine Maritime Academy: enrollment shrank -10.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -16 students/yr fitted, r² 0.74.

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: Career Center of Southern Illinois vs Maine Maritime Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($93,944 vs $49,095 at Career Center of Southern Illinois)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($89,964 vs $48,452 at Career Center of Southern Illinois)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Career Center of Southern Illinois leads on median debt at graduation ($15,170 vs $27,000 at Maine Maritime Academy)

Career Center of Southern Illinois profile · Maine Maritime Academy profile · Compare other colleges

Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Career Center of Southern Illinois and Maine Maritime Academy?
Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $93,944 versus $49,095 at Career Center of Southern Illinois. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Career Center of Southern Illinois and Maine Maritime Academy?
Maine Maritime Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $89,964 versus $48,452 at Career Center of Southern Illinois. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Career Center of Southern Illinois and Maine Maritime Academy?
Career Center of Southern Illinois leads on median debt at graduation at $15,170 versus $27,000 at Maine Maritime Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025