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Mountain Empire Community College vs Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus

Big Stone Gap, VA · Chillicothe, OH · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair VA:OH

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-OUTCOME

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE VA × OH
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.

  • Mountain Empire Community College: net price ranged $4,593–$8,339 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +56.8% is not a trend (r² 0.39).
  • Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus: average net price fell -35.6% from $10,071 (2013) to $6,483 (2023), r² 0.58.
  • Mountain Empire Community College: enrollment shrank -34.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -69 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus: enrollment shrank -65.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -145 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

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: Mountain Empire Community College vs Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mountain Empire Community College leads on 150%-time completion (50.8% vs 13.2% at Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($48,991 vs $30,368 at Mountain Empire Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($52,581 vs $32,622 at Mountain Empire Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mountain Empire Community College and Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus?▼
Mountain Empire Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 50.8% versus 13.2% at Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Mountain Empire Community College and Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus?▼
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $48,991 versus $30,368 at Mountain Empire Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Mountain Empire Community College and Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus?▼
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $52,581 versus $32,622 at Mountain Empire 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025