Oakland Community College vs Southwestern Illinois College

Auburn Hills, MI · Belleville, IL · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair MI:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.

  • Southwestern Illinois College: average net price fell -24.1% from $9,503 (2013) to $7,210 (2023), r² 0.44.
  • Oakland Community College: net price ranged $2,825–$5,043 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -9.4% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Oakland Community College: enrollment ranged 9,866–15,810 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Southwestern Illinois College: enrollment shrank -46.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -481 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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: Oakland Community College vs Southwestern Illinois College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Southwestern Illinois College leads on 150%-time completion (36.7% vs 19.3% at Oakland Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Oakland Community College leads on avg net price ($5,777 vs $10,427 at Southwestern Illinois College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Southwestern Illinois College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,908 vs $9,105 at Oakland Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Oakland Community College and Southwestern Illinois College?
Southwestern Illinois College leads on 150%-time completion at 36.7% versus 19.3% at Oakland Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Oakland Community College and Southwestern Illinois College?
Oakland Community College leads on avg net price at $5,777 versus $10,427 at Southwestern Illinois College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Oakland Community College and Southwestern Illinois College?
Southwestern Illinois College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,908 versus $9,105 at Oakland 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025