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Charter College vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Anchorage, AK · Standish, ME · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair AK:ME

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE AK × ME
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

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.

  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: enrollment shrank -51.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -96 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Charter College: enrollment ranged 1,910–3,256 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Charter College: net price ranged $17,691–$30,904 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +42.6% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: net price ranged $24,666–$29,319 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.2% is not a trend (r² 0.18).

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: Charter College vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

  1. RETENTION-RATE Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on retention rate (74.6% vs 25.0% at Charter College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Charter College leads on in-state tuition ($18,375 vs $44,420 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Charter College leads on out-of-state tuition ($18,375 vs $44,420 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Charter College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on retention rate at 74.6% versus 25.0% at Charter College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Charter College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Charter College leads on in-state tuition at $18,375 versus $44,420 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Charter College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Charter College leads on out-of-state tuition at $18,375 versus $44,420 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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