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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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