Lake Land College vs Plymouth State University

Mattoon, IL · Plymouth, NH · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair IL:NH

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × NH
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Lake Land College: average net price fell -37.9% from $5,271 (2013) to $3,271 (2023), r² 0.76.
  • Plymouth State University: net price ranged $19,316–$21,829 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -0.0% is not a trend (r² 0.09).
  • Lake Land College: enrollment shrank -39.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -160 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Plymouth State University: enrollment shrank -17.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -68 students/yr fitted, r² 0.52.

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: Lake Land College vs Plymouth State University

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Lake Land College leads on avg net price ($2,254 vs $19,216 at Plymouth State University)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Lake Land College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,188 vs $26,000 at Plymouth State University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Lake Land College leads on in-state tuition ($4,415 vs $14,626 at Plymouth State University)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Lake Land College and Plymouth State University?
Lake Land College leads on avg net price at $2,254 versus $19,216 at Plymouth State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lake Land College and Plymouth State University?
Lake Land College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,188 versus $26,000 at Plymouth State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Lake Land College and Plymouth State University?
Lake Land College leads on in-state tuition at $4,415 versus $14,626 at Plymouth State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025