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CUNY LaGuardia Community College vs Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Long Island City, NY · Minneapolis, MN · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair NY:MN

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × MN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: net price ranged $5,699–$8,378 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -28.0% is not a trend (r² 0.35).
  • Minneapolis Community and Technical College: average net price fell -8.5% from $14,467 (2013) to $13,235 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: enrollment shrank -37.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -720 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.
  • Minneapolis Community and Technical College: enrollment shrank -46.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -422 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.

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: CUNY LaGuardia Community College vs Minneapolis Community and Technical College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,407 vs $17,954 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on avg net price ($6,120 vs $13,812 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on 150%-time completion (24.7% vs 18.2% at Minneapolis Community and Technical College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between CUNY LaGuardia Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College?▼
CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,407 versus $17,954 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between CUNY LaGuardia Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College?▼
CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on avg net price at $6,120 versus $13,812 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between CUNY LaGuardia Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College?▼
CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 24.7% versus 18.2% at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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