Michigan Career and Technical Institute vs Saint Paul College

Plainwell, MI · Saint Paul, MN · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MI:MN

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

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

  • 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).
  • Saint Paul College: average net price fell -15.2% from $14,203 (2013) to $12,040 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • Michigan Career and Technical Institute: enrollment shrank -41.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.69.
  • Saint Paul College: enrollment shrank -40.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -256 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.

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 Saint Paul College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Saint Paul College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,326 vs $12,409 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Saint Paul College leads on in-state tuition ($6,326 vs $8,549 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Saint Paul College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($38,399 vs $29,376 at Michigan Career and Technical Institute)

Michigan Career and Technical Institute profile · Saint Paul College 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 Saint Paul College?
Saint Paul College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,326 versus $12,409 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 Saint Paul College?
Saint Paul College leads on in-state tuition at $6,326 versus $8,549 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 Saint Paul College?
Saint Paul College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $38,399 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025