Lycoming College vs Virginia Military Institute

Williamsport, PA · Lexington, VA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:VA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × VA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-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.

  • Lycoming College: net price ranged $17,819–$21,127 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -8.8% is not a trend (r² 0.23).
  • Virginia Military Institute: average net price rose +5.9% from $17,802 (2013) to $18,849 (2023), r² 0.44.
  • Lycoming College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • Virginia Military Institute: acceptance rate eased +72.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.84).

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: Lycoming College vs Virginia Military Institute

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Virginia Military Institute leads on in-state tuition ($21,046 vs $50,029 at Lycoming College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Virginia Military Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($63,545 vs $43,713 at Lycoming College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Virginia Military Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($77,369 vs $56,210 at Lycoming College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Lycoming College and Virginia Military Institute?
Virginia Military Institute leads on in-state tuition at $21,046 versus $50,029 at Lycoming College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Lycoming College and Virginia Military Institute?
Virginia Military Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $63,545 versus $43,713 at Lycoming College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Lycoming College and Virginia Military Institute?
Virginia Military Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $77,369 versus $56,210 at Lycoming College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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