Heartland Community College vs Maria College of Albany

Normal, IL · Albany, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair IL:NY

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE IL × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-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.

  • Heartland Community College: enrollment shrank -36.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -183 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Maria College of Albany: enrollment ranged 702–876 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Heartland Community College: average net price rose +52.0% from $7,493 (2013) to $11,389 (2023), r² 0.91.
  • Maria College of Albany: average net price rose +24.5% from $12,893 (2013) to $16,055 (2023), r² 0.54.

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: Heartland Community College vs Maria College of Albany

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Heartland Community College leads on in-state tuition ($5,550 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Heartland Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,826 vs $20,528 at Maria College of Albany)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Heartland Community College leads on 150%-time completion (52.7% vs 34.1% at Maria College of Albany)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Heartland Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Heartland Community College leads on in-state tuition at $5,550 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Heartland Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Heartland Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,826 versus $20,528 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Heartland Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Heartland Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 52.7% versus 34.1% at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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