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Northwood Technical College vs Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Rice Lake, WI · Lexington, KY · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × KY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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.

  • Bluegrass Community and Technical College: average net price fell -17.6% from $7,188 (2013) to $5,920 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Northwood Technical College: net price ranged $8,892–$11,997 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.5% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Northwood Technical College: enrollment shrank -31.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -77 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • Bluegrass Community and Technical College: enrollment shrank -26.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -228 students/yr fitted, r² 0.72.

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: Northwood Technical College vs Bluegrass Community and Technical College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Northwood Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (73.8% vs 46.6% at Bluegrass Community and Technical College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Bluegrass Community and Technical College leads on avg net price ($6,113 vs $8,989 at Northwood Technical College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Northwood Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (53.7% vs 40.5% at Bluegrass Community and Technical College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Northwood Technical College and Bluegrass Community and Technical College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 73.8% versus 46.6% at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Northwood Technical College and Bluegrass Community and Technical College?▼
Bluegrass Community and Technical College leads on avg net price at $6,113 versus $8,989 at Northwood Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Northwood Technical College and Bluegrass Community and Technical College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 53.7% versus 40.5% at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025