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Lower Columbia College vs Bates Technical College

Longview, WA · Tacoma, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WA:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · 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

Lower Columbia 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.

  • Bates Technical College: enrollment ranged 703–1,910 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lower Columbia College: enrollment grew +24.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +79 students/yr fitted, r² 0.54.
  • Lower Columbia College: net price ranged $6,251–$8,222 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +31.5% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Bates Technical College: net price ranged $4,176–$8,457 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -48.8% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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: Lower Columbia College vs Bates Technical College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Lower Columbia College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,003 vs $12,165 at Bates Technical College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Bates Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (43.4% vs 24.2% at Lower Columbia College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bates Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (70.1% vs 47.3% at Lower Columbia College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Lower Columbia College and Bates Technical College?▼
Lower Columbia College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,003 versus $12,165 at Bates Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Lower Columbia College and Bates Technical College?▼
Bates Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 43.4% versus 24.2% at Lower Columbia College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Lower Columbia College and Bates Technical College?▼
Bates Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 70.1% versus 47.3% at Lower Columbia 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