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Polaris Career Center vs Riverland Community College

Middleburg Heights, OH · Austin, MN · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair OH:MN

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × MN
  • 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.

  • Polaris Career Center: enrollment ranged 173–350 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Riverland Community College: enrollment shrank -24.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -47 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Polaris Career Center: net price ranged $6,299–$13,495 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +107.1% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • Riverland Community College: net price ranged $8,463–$10,217 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.2% is not a trend (r² 0.37).

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: Polaris Career Center vs Riverland Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Polaris Career Center leads on median debt at graduation ($6,365 vs $12,000 at Riverland Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Polaris Career Center leads on 150%-time completion (80.4% vs 52.6% at Riverland Community College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Riverland Community College leads on avg net price ($7,427 vs $9,931 at Polaris Career Center)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Polaris Career Center and Riverland Community College?▼
Polaris Career Center leads on median debt at graduation at $6,365 versus $12,000 at Riverland Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Polaris Career Center and Riverland Community College?▼
Polaris Career Center leads on 150%-time completion at 80.4% versus 52.6% at Riverland Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Polaris Career Center and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on avg net price at $7,427 versus $9,931 at Polaris Career Center. 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