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Lanier Technical College vs Central Washington University

Gainesville, GA · Ellensburg, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair GA:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Lanier Technical College posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Lanier Technical College: enrollment grew +28.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +84 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Central Washington University: enrollment ranged 8,081–11,468 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lanier Technical College: net price ranged $1,768–$6,628 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +9.2% is not a trend (r² 0.03).
  • Central Washington University: net price ranged $14,132–$17,234 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.9% is not a trend (r² 0.41).

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: Lanier Technical College vs Central Washington University

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Lanier Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,190 vs $27,526 at Central Washington University)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Lanier Technical College leads on avg net price ($7,799 vs $18,476 at Central Washington University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Lanier Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($3,980 vs $9,417 at Central Washington University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Lanier Technical College and Central Washington University?▼
Lanier Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,190 versus $27,526 at Central Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Lanier Technical College and Central Washington University?▼
Lanier Technical College leads on avg net price at $7,799 versus $18,476 at Central Washington University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Lanier Technical College and Central Washington University?▼
Lanier Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $3,980 versus $9,417 at Central Washington University. 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