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Northcentral Technical College vs Northern Kentucky University

Wausau, WI · Highland Heights, KY · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × KY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Northern Kentucky University: enrollment shrank -32.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -383 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.
  • Northcentral Technical College: enrollment ranged 3,155–3,803 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Northcentral Technical College: net price ranged $9,157–$11,608 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +20.7% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Northern Kentucky University: net price ranged $6,087–$9,244 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -18.1% is not a trend (r² 0.33).

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: Northcentral Technical College vs Northern Kentucky University

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northcentral Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,132 vs $21,912 at Northern Kentucky University)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northcentral Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,500 vs $23,000 at Northern Kentucky University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Northcentral Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,889 vs $11,088 at Northern Kentucky University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northcentral Technical College and Northern Kentucky University?▼
Northcentral Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,132 versus $21,912 at Northern Kentucky University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Northcentral Technical College and Northern Kentucky University?▼
Northcentral Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,500 versus $23,000 at Northern Kentucky University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Northcentral Technical College and Northern Kentucky University?▼
Northcentral Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,889 versus $11,088 at Northern Kentucky University. 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