Montana State University-Northern vs Stone Child College

Havre, MT · Box Elder, MT · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MT:MT

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MT
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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.

  • Stone Child College: average net price fell -27.6% from $7,702 (2013) to $5,580 (2023), r² 0.42.
  • Montana State University-Northern: net price ranged $12,556–$14,641 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.1% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Montana State University-Northern: enrollment shrank -37.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -47 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • Stone Child College: enrollment shrank -40.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -11 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.

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: Montana State University-Northern vs Stone Child College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Stone Child College leads on out-of-state tuition ($3,610 vs $21,875 at Montana State University-Northern)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Montana State University-Northern leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($45,045 vs $11,860 at Stone Child College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Stone Child College leads on avg net price ($4,424 vs $12,664 at Montana State University-Northern)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Montana State University-Northern and Stone Child College?
Stone Child College leads on out-of-state tuition at $3,610 versus $21,875 at Montana State University-Northern. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Montana State University-Northern and Stone Child College?
Montana State University-Northern leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $45,045 versus $11,860 at Stone Child College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Montana State University-Northern and Stone Child College?
Stone Child College leads on avg net price at $4,424 versus $12,664 at Montana State University-Northern. 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