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Northwest Iowa Community College vs New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Sheldon, IA · Socorro, NM · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IA:NM

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IA × NM
  • 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.

  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: enrollment shrank -24.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -44 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Northwest Iowa Community College: enrollment ranged 739–856 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Northwest Iowa Community College: net price ranged $10,538–$12,615 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +7.4% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: net price ranged $5,441–$14,836 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -19.1% is not a trend (r² 0.10).

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 Iowa Community College vs New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwest Iowa Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,650 vs $27,247 at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northwest Iowa Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($9,500 vs $19,085 at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($76,489 vs $50,776 at Northwest Iowa Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northwest Iowa Community College and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology?▼
Northwest Iowa Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,650 versus $27,247 at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Northwest Iowa Community College and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology?▼
Northwest Iowa Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $9,500 versus $19,085 at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Northwest Iowa Community College and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology?▼
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $76,489 versus $50,776 at Northwest Iowa 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025