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