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Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

Kansas City, MO · Chicago, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MO × 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: average net price fell -42.4% from $8,515 (2013) to $4,902 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City: net price ranged $5,332–$8,407 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -2.9% is not a trend (r² 0.26).
  • Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City: enrollment shrank -37.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -634 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • 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: Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City 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 $10,073 at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,026 vs $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City leads on out-of-state tuition ($9,600 vs $15,150 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 Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City 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 $10,073 at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,026 versus $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City leads on out-of-state tuition at $9,600 versus $15,150 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