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Northwood Technical College vs William Rainey Harper College

Rice Lake, WI · Palatine, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WI:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × IL
  • 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 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.

  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • 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.
  • 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: Northwood Technical College vs William Rainey Harper College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwood Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,169 vs $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Northwood Technical College leads on avg net price ($8,989 vs $11,607 at William Rainey Harper College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Northwood Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (73.8% vs 58.3% at William Rainey Harper College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northwood Technical College and William Rainey Harper College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,169 versus $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Northwood Technical College and William Rainey Harper College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on avg net price at $8,989 versus $11,607 at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Northwood Technical College and William Rainey Harper College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 73.8% versus 58.3% at William Rainey Harper 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