Lamson Institute vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

San Antonio, TX · Standish, ME · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE TX × ME
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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

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.

  • Lamson Institute: average net price rose +38.4% from $17,784 (2013) to $24,617 (2023), r² 0.61.
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: net price ranged $24,666–$29,319 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.2% is not a trend (r² 0.18).
  • Lamson Institute: enrollment grew +162.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +32 students/yr fitted, r² 0.91.
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: enrollment shrank -51.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -96 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: Lamson Institute vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Lamson Institute leads on median debt at graduation ($7,853 vs $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (83.0% vs 40.4% at Lamson Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($59,045 vs $38,015 at Lamson Institute)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lamson Institute and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Lamson Institute leads on median debt at graduation at $7,853 versus $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Lamson Institute and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 83.0% versus 40.4% at Lamson Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Lamson Institute and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $59,045 versus $38,015 at Lamson Institute. 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