Michigan Career and Technical Institute vs Odessa College

Plainwell, MI · Odessa, TX · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MI:TX

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × TX
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Odessa College: average net price rose +116.5% from $4,294 (2013) to $9,296 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • 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).
  • Michigan Career and Technical Institute: enrollment shrank -41.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.69.
  • Odessa College: enrollment ranged 3,781–5,146 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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 Odessa College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Odessa College leads on in-state tuition ($2,688 vs $8,549 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Odessa College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,926 vs $12,409 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Odessa College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($42,026 vs $29,376 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Michigan Career and Technical Institute and Odessa College?
Odessa College leads on in-state tuition at $2,688 versus $8,549 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Michigan Career and Technical Institute and Odessa College?
Odessa College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,926 versus $12,409 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Michigan Career and Technical Institute and Odessa College?
Odessa College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $42,026 versus $29,376 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute. 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