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Hennepin Technical College vs Merritt College

Brooklyn Park, MN · Oakland, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MN:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings 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 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.

  • Merritt College: average net price rose +45.9% from $10,104 (2013) to $14,742 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Hennepin Technical College: average net price fell -24.1% from $14,385 (2013) to $10,925 (2023), r² 0.82.
  • Hennepin Technical College: enrollment shrank -50.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -320 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Merritt College: enrollment shrank -5.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -90 students/yr fitted, r² 0.50.

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: Hennepin Technical College vs Merritt College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Merritt College leads on in-state tuition ($1,258 vs $5,940 at Hennepin Technical College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Hennepin Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (42.8% vs 23.4% at Merritt College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Hennepin Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,940 vs $9,898 at Merritt College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Hennepin Technical College and Merritt College?▼
Merritt College leads on in-state tuition at $1,258 versus $5,940 at Hennepin Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Hennepin Technical College and Merritt College?▼
Hennepin Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 42.8% versus 23.4% at Merritt College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Hennepin Technical College and Merritt College?▼
Hennepin Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,940 versus $9,898 at Merritt College. 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