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Northwest Indian College vs Carnegie Mellon University

Bellingham, WA · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair WA:PA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE WA × PA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Carnegie Mellon University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Northwest Indian College: enrollment ranged 488–677 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Northwest Indian College: net price ranged $1,216–$8,679 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +31.7% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Carnegie Mellon University: net price ranged $31,102–$37,846 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -5.1% is not a trend (r² 0.04).

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: Northwest Indian College vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Northwest Indian College leads on in-state tuition ($4,365 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwest Indian College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,365 vs $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Northwest Indian College leads on avg net price ($3,136 vs $31,944 at Carnegie Mellon University)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Northwest Indian College and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Northwest Indian College leads on in-state tuition at $4,365 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northwest Indian College and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Northwest Indian College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,365 versus $66,246 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Northwest Indian College and Carnegie Mellon University?▼
Northwest Indian College leads on avg net price at $3,136 versus $31,944 at Carnegie Mellon University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025