Iowa Western Community College vs University of Arkansas Grantham

Council Bluffs, IA · LIttle Rock, AR · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair IA:AR

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IA × AR
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • University of Arkansas Grantham: average net price fell -13.2% from $10,744 (2013) to $9,325 (2023), r² 0.49.
  • Iowa Western Community College: average net price rose +11.5% from $10,382 (2013) to $11,574 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Iowa Western Community College: enrollment shrank -40.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -185 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • University of Arkansas Grantham: enrollment shrank -66.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -732 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

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 University of Arkansas Grantham

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Iowa Western Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,033 vs $21,956 at University of Arkansas Grantham)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Arkansas Grantham leads on avg net price ($8,370 vs $14,629 at Iowa Western Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Arkansas Grantham leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($63,496 vs $42,793 at Iowa Western Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Iowa Western Community College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
Iowa Western Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,033 versus $21,956 at University of Arkansas Grantham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Iowa Western Community College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
University of Arkansas Grantham leads on avg net price at $8,370 versus $14,629 at Iowa Western Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Iowa Western Community College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
University of Arkansas Grantham leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $63,496 versus $42,793 at Iowa Western Community College. 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