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Meridian College vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Sarasota, FL · Standish, ME · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-FOCUS

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE FL × ME
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: enrollment shrank -51.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -96 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Meridian College: enrollment ranged 132–233 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Meridian College: net price ranged $14,579–$32,089 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +120.1% is not a trend (r² 0.36).
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: net price ranged $24,666–$29,319 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.2% is not a trend (r² 0.18).

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: Meridian College vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (83.0% vs 30.6% at Meridian College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Meridian College leads on median debt at graduation ($13,000 vs $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($59,045 vs $33,735 at Meridian College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Meridian College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 83.0% versus 30.6% at Meridian College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Meridian College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Meridian College leads on median debt at graduation at $13,000 versus $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Meridian College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?▼
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $59,045 versus $33,735 at Meridian College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025