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Fairmont State University vs Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Fairmont, WV · Kirkland, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WV:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WV × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

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.

  • Fairmont State University: enrollment shrank -30.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -115 students/yr fitted, r² 0.91.
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 1,522–2,237 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Fairmont State University: net price ranged $8,550–$11,884 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.9% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: net price ranged $5,886–$9,582 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -18.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Fairmont State University vs Lake Washington Institute of Technology

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on out-of-state tuition ($12,062 vs $18,924 at Fairmont State University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on in-state tuition ($5,997 vs $8,708 at Fairmont State University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on median debt at graduation ($15,047 vs $21,000 at Fairmont State University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Fairmont State University and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?▼
Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on out-of-state tuition at $12,062 versus $18,924 at Fairmont State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Fairmont State University and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?▼
Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on in-state tuition at $5,997 versus $8,708 at Fairmont State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Fairmont State University and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?▼
Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on median debt at graduation at $15,047 versus $21,000 at Fairmont State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025