MCI Institute of NJ vs College of Lake County

Ocean, NJ · Grayslake, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair NJ:IL

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × IL
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

No stable joint trend on the primary axis

RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023

For MCI Institute of NJ vs College of Lake County, the overlapping undergraduate enrollment path series over 2013–2023 does not clear a directional claim on both sides. What follows is the measured range, not a rise/fall headline.

  • MCI Institute of NJ: enrollment grew +110.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +12 students/yr fitted, r² 0.68.
  • College of Lake County: enrollment shrank -22.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -275 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.

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: MCI Institute of NJ vs College of Lake County

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA College of Lake County leads on median debt at graduation ($8,735 vs $10,836 at MCI Institute of NJ)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 College of Lake County leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($36,407 vs $33,379 at MCI Institute of NJ)

MCI Institute of NJ profile · College of Lake County profile · Compare other colleges

Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between MCI Institute of NJ and College of Lake County?▼
College of Lake County leads on median debt at graduation at $8,735 versus $10,836 at MCI Institute of NJ. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between MCI Institute of NJ and College of Lake County?▼
College of Lake County leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $36,407 versus $33,379 at MCI Institute of NJ. 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