Purdue University Fort Wayne vs Northwood Technical College

Fort Wayne, IN · Rice Lake, WI · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IN:WI

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IN × WI
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Purdue University Fort Wayne: average net price fell -19.7% from $14,337 (2013) to $11,513 (2023), r² 0.66.
  • 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).
  • Purdue University Fort Wayne: enrollment shrank -44.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -465 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.
  • Northwood Technical College: enrollment shrank -31.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -77 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.

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: Purdue University Fort Wayne vs Northwood Technical College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northwood Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,169 vs $22,887 at Purdue University Fort Wayne)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northwood Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,250 vs $21,500 at Purdue University Fort Wayne)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Northwood Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,926 vs $9,532 at Purdue University Fort Wayne)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Purdue University Fort Wayne and Northwood Technical College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,169 versus $22,887 at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Purdue University Fort Wayne and Northwood Technical College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,250 versus $21,500 at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Purdue University Fort Wayne and Northwood Technical College?▼
Northwood Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,926 versus $9,532 at Purdue University Fort Wayne. 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