Rio Grande Valley College vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Pharr, TX · Standish, ME · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair TX:ME

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-FOCUS

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE TX × ME
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Rio Grande Valley College: average net price rose +37.8% from $15,008 (2013) to $20,678 (2023), r² 0.57.
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: net price ranged $24,666–$29,319 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.2% is not a trend (r² 0.18).
  • Rio Grande Valley College: enrollment ranged 223–818 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine: enrollment shrank -51.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -96 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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: Rio Grande Valley College vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (83.0% vs 35.0% at Rio Grande Valley College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Rio Grande Valley College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,359 vs $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Rio Grande Valley College leads on avg net price ($19,500 vs $27,555 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Rio Grande Valley College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Saint Joseph's College of Maine leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 83.0% versus 35.0% at Rio Grande Valley College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Rio Grande Valley College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Rio Grande Valley College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,359 versus $27,000 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Rio Grande Valley College and Saint Joseph's College of Maine?
Rio Grande Valley College leads on avg net price at $19,500 versus $27,555 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025