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Michigan Career and Technical Institute vs Michigan State University

Plainwell, MI · East Lansing, MI · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MI:MI

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MI
  • 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 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 Michigan Career and Technical Institute vs Michigan State University, the overlapping average net-price 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.

  • Michigan State University: net price ranged $10,925–$20,751 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +25.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Michigan Career and Technical Institute: net price ranged $3,099–$15,462 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -24.4% is not a trend (r² 0.27).

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: Michigan Career and Technical Institute vs Michigan State University

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Michigan Career and Technical Institute leads on out-of-state tuition ($12,409 vs $43,842 at Michigan State University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Michigan State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($67,253 vs $29,376 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Michigan Career and Technical Institute leads on in-state tuition ($8,549 vs $16,458 at Michigan State University)

Michigan Career and Technical Institute profile · Michigan State University profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Michigan Career and Technical Institute and Michigan State University?▼
Michigan Career and Technical Institute leads on out-of-state tuition at $12,409 versus $43,842 at Michigan State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Michigan Career and Technical Institute and Michigan State University?▼
Michigan State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $67,253 versus $29,376 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Michigan Career and Technical Institute and Michigan State University?▼
Michigan Career and Technical Institute leads on in-state tuition at $8,549 versus $16,458 at Michigan State University. 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