Highlands College of Montana Tech vs Odessa College

Butte, MT · Odessa, TX · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MT × TX
  • 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.

  • Highlands College of Montana Tech: enrollment shrank -45.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -32 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Odessa College: enrollment ranged 3,781–5,146 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Highlands College of Montana Tech: average net price rose +26.3% from $9,648 (2013) to $12,184 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Odessa College: average net price rose +116.5% from $4,294 (2013) to $9,296 (2023), r² 0.45.

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: Highlands College of Montana Tech vs Odessa College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Odessa College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,750 vs $18,750 at Highlands College of Montana Tech)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Odessa College leads on avg net price ($6,368 vs $14,962 at Highlands College of Montana Tech)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Odessa College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,926 vs $10,950 at Highlands College of Montana Tech)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Highlands College of Montana Tech and Odessa College?▼
Odessa College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,750 versus $18,750 at Highlands College of Montana Tech. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Highlands College of Montana Tech and Odessa College?▼
Odessa College leads on avg net price at $6,368 versus $14,962 at Highlands College of Montana Tech. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Highlands College of Montana Tech and Odessa College?▼
Odessa College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,926 versus $10,950 at Highlands College of Montana Tech. 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