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Pacific University vs Northwest College-Beaverton

Forest Grove, OR · Beaverton, OR · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OR
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Northwest College-Beaverton: enrollment ranged 51–145 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Pacific University: enrollment shrank -10.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -27 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Pacific University: average net price rose +27.4% from $27,742 (2013) to $35,350 (2023), r² 0.88.
  • Northwest College-Beaverton: average net price rose +48.3% from $13,599 (2013) to $20,162 (2023), r² 0.66.

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: Pacific University vs Northwest College-Beaverton

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northwest College-Beaverton leads on median debt at graduation ($7,564 vs $23,223 at Pacific University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Pacific University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($60,583 vs $24,421 at Northwest College-Beaverton)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Pacific University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (84.8% vs 38.1% at Northwest College-Beaverton)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Pacific University and Northwest College-Beaverton?▼
Northwest College-Beaverton leads on median debt at graduation at $7,564 versus $23,223 at Pacific University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Pacific University and Northwest College-Beaverton?▼
Pacific University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $60,583 versus $24,421 at Northwest College-Beaverton. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Pacific University and Northwest College-Beaverton?▼
Pacific University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 84.8% versus 38.1% at Northwest College-Beaverton. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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