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Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College vs William Rainey Harper College

Minden, LA · Palatine, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair LA:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE LA × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.

  • Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College: net price ranged $6,445–$11,389 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +28.7% is not a trend (r² 0.36).
  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College: enrollment shrank -44.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -88 students/yr fitted, r² 0.70.
  • William Rainey Harper College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -300 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.

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 Louisiana Technical Community College vs William Rainey Harper College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,109 vs $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College leads on 150%-time completion (74.9% vs 46.6% at William Rainey Harper College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($48,071 vs $32,503 at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College and William Rainey Harper College?▼
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,109 versus $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College and William Rainey Harper College?▼
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 74.9% versus 46.6% at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $48,071 versus $32,503 at Northwest Louisiana Technical 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