Iowa Western Community College vs Maria College of Albany

Council Bluffs, IA · Albany, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair IA:NY

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE IA × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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.

  • Iowa Western Community College: enrollment shrank -40.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -185 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • Maria College of Albany: enrollment ranged 702–876 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Iowa Western Community College: average net price rose +11.5% from $10,382 (2013) to $11,574 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Maria College of Albany: average net price rose +24.5% from $12,893 (2013) to $16,055 (2023), r² 0.54.

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: Iowa Western Community College vs Maria College of Albany

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Iowa Western Community College leads on in-state tuition ($6,930 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Iowa Western Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,080 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Iowa Western Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,033 vs $20,528 at Maria College of Albany)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Iowa Western Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Iowa Western Community College leads on in-state tuition at $6,930 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Iowa Western Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Iowa Western Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,080 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Iowa Western Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Iowa Western Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,033 versus $20,528 at Maria College of Albany. 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