Kaskaskia College vs Bates Technical College

Centralia, IL · Tacoma, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair IL:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × WA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Bates Technical College: net price ranged $4,176–$8,457 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -48.8% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Kaskaskia College: average net price rose +30.8% from $5,230 (2013) to $6,839 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Kaskaskia College: enrollment shrank -40.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -111 students/yr fitted, r² 0.65.
  • Bates Technical College: enrollment ranged 703–1,910 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Kaskaskia College vs Bates Technical College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bates Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($45,569 vs $33,095 at Kaskaskia College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bates Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($50,051 vs $38,801 at Kaskaskia College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Kaskaskia College leads on in-state tuition ($4,800 vs $6,027 at Bates Technical College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Kaskaskia College and Bates Technical College?
Bates Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $45,569 versus $33,095 at Kaskaskia College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Kaskaskia College and Bates Technical College?
Bates Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $50,051 versus $38,801 at Kaskaskia College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Kaskaskia College and Bates Technical College?
Kaskaskia College leads on in-state tuition at $4,800 versus $6,027 at Bates Technical 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 earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025