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Imperial Valley College vs Purdue University-Main Campus

Imperial, CA · West Lafayette, IN · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair CA:IN

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Purdue University-Main Campus posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,048 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Imperial Valley College: enrollment ranged 6,156–7,500 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Imperial Valley College: net price ranged $1,111–$3,937 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -41.4% is not a trend (r² 0.17).
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: net price ranged $9,127–$15,543 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -10.3% is not a trend (r² 0.20).

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: Imperial Valley College vs Purdue University-Main Campus

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Imperial Valley College leads on avg net price ($1,115 vs $14,600 at Purdue University-Main Campus)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Imperial Valley College leads on in-state tuition ($1,148 vs $9,992 at Purdue University-Main Campus)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Imperial Valley College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,852 vs $28,794 at Purdue University-Main Campus)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Imperial Valley College and Purdue University-Main Campus?▼
Imperial Valley College leads on avg net price at $1,115 versus $14,600 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Imperial Valley College and Purdue University-Main Campus?▼
Imperial Valley College leads on in-state tuition at $1,148 versus $9,992 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Imperial Valley College and Purdue University-Main Campus?▼
Imperial Valley College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,852 versus $28,794 at Purdue University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025