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Northwood Technical College vs University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Rice Lake, WI · Lowell, MA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × MA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt 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 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.

  • Northwood Technical College: enrollment shrank -31.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -77 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: enrollment ranged 11,632–13,601 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • 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).
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: net price ranged $14,071–$20,079 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +13.9% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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 University of Massachusetts-Lowell

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwood Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,169 vs $36,264 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Northwood Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,926 vs $16,966 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northwood Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,250 vs $23,704 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northwood Technical College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,169 versus $36,264 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Northwood Technical College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,926 versus $16,966 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Northwood Technical College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,250 versus $23,704 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. 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