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