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Great Plains Technology Center vs Southwestern Illinois College

Lawton, OK · Belleville, IL · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair OK:IL

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-OUTCOME

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OK × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.

  • Southwestern Illinois College: average net price fell -24.1% from $9,503 (2013) to $7,210 (2023), r² 0.44.
  • Great Plains Technology Center: net price ranged $6,162–$11,334 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -6.5% is not a trend (r² 0.25).
  • Great Plains Technology Center: enrollment shrank -48.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -8 students/yr fitted, r² 0.53.
  • Southwestern Illinois College: enrollment shrank -46.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -481 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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: Great Plains Technology Center vs Southwestern Illinois College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Great Plains Technology Center leads on 150%-time completion (93.6% vs 36.7% at Southwestern Illinois College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Great Plains Technology Center leads on avg net price ($7,128 vs $10,427 at Southwestern Illinois College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Great Plains Technology Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($39,152 vs $30,872 at Southwestern Illinois College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Great Plains Technology Center and Southwestern Illinois College?▼
Great Plains Technology Center leads on 150%-time completion at 93.6% versus 36.7% at Southwestern Illinois College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Great Plains Technology Center and Southwestern Illinois College?▼
Great Plains Technology Center leads on avg net price at $7,128 versus $10,427 at Southwestern Illinois College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Great Plains Technology Center and Southwestern Illinois College?▼
Great Plains Technology Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $39,152 versus $30,872 at Southwestern Illinois College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025