Lake Superior College vs Northern Virginia Community College

Duluth, MN · Annandale, VA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MN:VA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × VA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

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.

  • Lake Superior College: average net price rose +14.4% from $14,026 (2013) to $16,050 (2023), r² 0.55.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: net price ranged $8,554–$10,415 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • Lake Superior College: enrollment shrank -38.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -141 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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 Superior College vs Northern Virginia Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Lake Superior College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,785 vs $12,409 at Northern Virginia Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Northern Virginia Community College leads on avg net price ($9,919 vs $15,492 at Lake Superior College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northern Virginia Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $12,775 at Lake Superior College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Lake Superior College and Northern Virginia Community College?
Lake Superior College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,785 versus $12,409 at Northern Virginia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Lake Superior College and Northern Virginia Community College?
Northern Virginia Community College leads on avg net price at $9,919 versus $15,492 at Lake Superior College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lake Superior College and Northern Virginia Community College?
Northern Virginia Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 versus $12,775 at Lake Superior College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025