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Columbia College Chicago vs Northeastern University Oakland

Chicago, IL · Oakland, CA · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair IL:CA

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · GAP-OUTCOME

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × CA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt 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 RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

No stable joint trend on the primary axis

RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023

For Columbia College Chicago vs Northeastern University Oakland, the overlapping undergraduate enrollment path series over 2013–2023 does not clear a directional claim on both sides. What follows is the measured range, not a rise/fall headline.

  • Northeastern University Oakland: enrollment shrank -44.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -50 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • Columbia College Chicago: enrollment shrank -34.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -323 students/yr fitted, r² 0.82.

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: Columbia College Chicago vs Northeastern University Oakland

  1. RETENTION-RATE Columbia College Chicago leads on retention rate (66.0% vs 0.2% at Northeastern University Oakland)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Northeastern University Oakland leads on acceptance rate (16.7% vs 89.5% at Columbia College Chicago)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Northeastern University Oakland leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($78,413 vs $32,596 at Columbia College Chicago)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Columbia College Chicago and Northeastern University Oakland?▼
Columbia College Chicago leads on retention rate at 66.0% versus 0.2% at Northeastern University Oakland. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Columbia College Chicago and Northeastern University Oakland?▼
Northeastern University Oakland leads on acceptance rate at 16.7% versus 89.5% at Columbia College Chicago. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Columbia College Chicago and Northeastern University Oakland?▼
Northeastern University Oakland leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $78,413 versus $32,596 at Columbia College Chicago. 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