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Highlands College of Montana Tech vs Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly

Butte, MT · Lemont Furnace, PA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MT:PA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MT × PA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly: enrollment ranged 0–762 (2013–2023, 9 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Highlands College of Montana Tech: enrollment shrank -45.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -32 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Highlands College of Montana Tech: average net price rose +26.3% from $9,648 (2013) to $12,184 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly: average net price rose +50.8% from $12,899 (2013) to $19,450 (2023), r² 0.78.

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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Highlands College of Montana Tech leads on in-state tuition ($4,130 vs $14,408 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Highlands College of Montana Tech leads on out-of-state tuition ($10,950 vs $24,134 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Highlands College of Montana Tech leads on median debt at graduation ($18,750 vs $25,000 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Highlands College of Montana Tech and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly?▼
Highlands College of Montana Tech leads on in-state tuition at $4,130 versus $14,408 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Highlands College of Montana Tech and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly?▼
Highlands College of Montana Tech leads on out-of-state tuition at $10,950 versus $24,134 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Highlands College of Montana Tech and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly?▼
Highlands College of Montana Tech leads on median debt at graduation at $18,750 versus $25,000 at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly. 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