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Lansing Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

Lansing, MI · Chicago, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair MI:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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 BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Average net price fell on both sides

BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023

Fitted net-price slopes at Lansing Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College both decline over 2013–2023. Sticker tuition can still rise while the aided Title IV cohort average moves the other way, this board is about the aided average.

  • Lansing Community College: average net price fell -49.0% from $7,856 (2013) to $4,003 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: average net price fell -42.4% from $8,515 (2013) to $4,902 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • Lansing Community College: enrollment shrank -44.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -694 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: enrollment shrank -65.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -305 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.

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: Lansing Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,180 vs $12,700 at Lansing Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Lansing Community College leads on avg net price ($5,437 vs $9,494 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Lansing Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,174 vs $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lansing Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,180 versus $12,700 at Lansing Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Lansing Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Lansing Community College leads on avg net price at $5,437 versus $9,494 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Lansing Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Lansing Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,174 versus $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025