Northwestern Michigan College vs Texas A&M University-College Station

Traverse City, MI · College Station, TX · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair MI:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Texas A&M University-College Station: average net price rose +91.8% from $10,912 (2013) to $20,924 (2023), r² 0.80.
  • Northwestern Michigan College: average net price fell -37.1% from $8,333 (2013) to $5,243 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Northwestern Michigan College: enrollment shrank -37.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -163 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Texas A&M University-College Station: enrollment grew +34.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +1,334 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.

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: Northwestern Michigan College vs Texas A&M University-College Station

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Northwestern Michigan College leads on avg net price ($6,231 vs $21,315 at Texas A&M University-College Station)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Texas A&M University-College Station leads on 150%-time completion (83.9% vs 24.9% at Northwestern Michigan College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwestern Michigan College leads on out-of-state tuition ($13,476 vs $40,124 at Texas A&M University-College Station)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Northwestern Michigan College and Texas A&M University-College Station?
Northwestern Michigan College leads on avg net price at $6,231 versus $21,315 at Texas A&M University-College Station. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Northwestern Michigan College and Texas A&M University-College Station?
Texas A&M University-College Station leads on 150%-time completion at 83.9% versus 24.9% at Northwestern Michigan College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northwestern Michigan College and Texas A&M University-College Station?
Northwestern Michigan College leads on out-of-state tuition at $13,476 versus $40,124 at Texas A&M University-College Station. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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