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Rend Lake College vs Seattle Central College

Ina, IL · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair IL:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × WA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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.

  • Rend Lake College: enrollment shrank -31.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -66 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Rend Lake College: net price ranged $3,942–$8,538 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +26.3% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • Seattle Central College: net price ranged $3,745–$6,612 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.9% is not a trend (r² 0.33).

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: Rend Lake College vs Seattle Central College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Rend Lake College leads on median debt at graduation ($5,809 vs $12,000 at Seattle Central College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Rend Lake College leads on 150%-time completion (61.9% vs 31.5% at Seattle Central College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,745 vs $7,800 at Rend Lake College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Rend Lake College and Seattle Central College?▼
Rend Lake College leads on median debt at graduation at $5,809 versus $12,000 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Rend Lake College and Seattle Central College?▼
Rend Lake College leads on 150%-time completion at 61.9% versus 31.5% at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Rend Lake College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,745 versus $7,800 at Rend Lake College. 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