Cottey College vs Maria College of Albany

Nevada, MO · Albany, NY · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair MO:NY

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MO × NY
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.

  • Maria College of Albany: average net price rose +24.5% from $12,893 (2013) to $16,055 (2023), r² 0.54.
  • Cottey College: net price ranged $16,146–$18,669 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +12.4% is not a trend (r² 0.15).
  • Cottey College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.05).
  • Maria College of Albany: acceptance rate eased +280.2% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.41).

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: Cottey College vs Maria College of Albany

  1. RETENTION-RATE Cottey College leads on retention rate (67.2% vs 33.3% at Maria College of Albany)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Cottey College leads on 150%-time completion (58.7% vs 34.1% at Maria College of Albany)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Maria College of Albany leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($53,357 vs $32,903 at Cottey College)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Cottey College and Maria College of Albany?
Cottey College leads on retention rate at 67.2% versus 33.3% at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Cottey College and Maria College of Albany?
Cottey College leads on 150%-time completion at 58.7% versus 34.1% at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Cottey College and Maria College of Albany?
Maria College of Albany leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $53,357 versus $32,903 at Cottey College. 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