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Institute for Business and Technology vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

San Jose, CA · Standish, ME · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × ME
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Institute for Business and Technology: average net price rose +13.0% from $22,546 (2013) to $25,471 (2023), r² 0.62.
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: net price ranged $24,666–$29,319 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.2% is not a trend (r² 0.18).
  • Institute for Business and Technology: enrollment grew +252.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +45 students/yr fitted, r² 0.77.
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: enrollment shrank -51.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -96 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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: Institute for Business and Technology vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Institute for Business and Technology leads on median debt at graduation ($7,853 vs $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (83.0% vs 40.4% at Institute for Business and Technology)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($59,045 vs $38,015 at Institute for Business and Technology)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Institute for Business and Technology and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Institute for Business and Technology leads on median debt at graduation at $7,853 versus $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Institute for Business and Technology and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 83.0% versus 40.4% at Institute for Business and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Institute for Business and Technology and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $59,045 versus $38,015 at Institute for Business and Technology. 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