Nicolet Area Technical College vs University of Maine at Fort Kent

Rhinelander, WI · Fort Kent, ME · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × ME
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Nicolet Area Technical College: net price ranged $6,579–$9,290 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +31.2% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • University of Maine at Fort Kent: average net price fell -14.4% from $12,695 (2013) to $10,865 (2023), r² 0.48.
  • Nicolet Area Technical College: enrollment shrank -37.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -33 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • University of Maine at Fort Kent: enrollment ranged 638–1,076 (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: Nicolet Area Technical College vs University of Maine at Fort Kent

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Nicolet Area Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,837 vs $20,160 at University of Maine at Fort Kent)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Nicolet Area Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,066 vs $14,880 at University of Maine at Fort Kent)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Nicolet Area Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,793 vs $9,420 at University of Maine at Fort Kent)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Nicolet Area Technical College and University of Maine at Fort Kent?
Nicolet Area Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,837 versus $20,160 at University of Maine at Fort Kent. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Nicolet Area Technical College and University of Maine at Fort Kent?
Nicolet Area Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,066 versus $14,880 at University of Maine at Fort Kent. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Nicolet Area Technical College and University of Maine at Fort Kent?
Nicolet Area Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,793 versus $9,420 at University of Maine at Fort Kent. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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