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CET-Santa Maria vs William Rainey Harper College

Santa Maria, CA · Palatine, IL · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair CA:IL

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • CET-Santa Maria: net price ranged $2,869–$14,029 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -78.9% is not a trend (r² 0.28).
  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • CET-Santa Maria: enrollment shrank -19.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -5 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.
  • William Rainey Harper College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -300 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: CET-Santa Maria vs William Rainey Harper College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE CET-Santa Maria leads on avg net price ($5,446 vs $11,607 at William Rainey Harper College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT William Rainey Harper College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (58.3% vs 34.4% at CET-Santa Maria)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI CET-Santa Maria leads on 150%-time completion (68.1% vs 46.6% at William Rainey Harper College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between CET-Santa Maria and William Rainey Harper College?▼
CET-Santa Maria leads on avg net price at $5,446 versus $11,607 at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between CET-Santa Maria and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 58.3% versus 34.4% at CET-Santa Maria. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between CET-Santa Maria and William Rainey Harper College?▼
CET-Santa Maria leads on 150%-time completion at 68.1% versus 46.6% at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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