Middlesex Community College vs Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing

Bedford, MA · Billerica, MA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-NET

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing: average net price rose +75.9% from $11,757 (2013) to $20,676 (2023), r² 0.52.
  • Middlesex Community College: net price ranged $3,033–$5,619 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -8.7% is not a trend (r² 0.08).
  • Middlesex Community College: enrollment shrank -47.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -475 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing: enrollment ranged 17–47 (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: Middlesex Community College vs Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Middlesex Community College leads on avg net price ($2,624 vs $35,126 at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing leads on 150%-time completion (88.9% vs 23.1% at Middlesex Community College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Middlesex Community College and Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing?▼
Middlesex Community College leads on avg net price at $2,624 versus $35,126 at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Middlesex Community College and Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing?▼
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing leads on 150%-time completion at 88.9% versus 23.1% at Middlesex Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025