Delta College South vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Baton Rouge, LA · Standish, ME · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE LA × ME
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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 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.
  • Delta College South: enrollment ranged 98–235 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Delta College South: net price ranged $14,191–$19,126 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +21.4% 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: Delta College South vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Delta College South leads on median debt at graduation ($5,845 vs $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($52,884 vs $27,159 at Delta College South)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($59,045 vs $30,894 at Delta College South)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Delta College South and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Delta College South leads on median debt at graduation at $5,845 versus $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Delta College South and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $52,884 versus $27,159 at Delta College South. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Delta College South and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $59,045 versus $30,894 at Delta College South. 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