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Riverland Community College vs Bates Technical College

Austin, MN · Tacoma, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MN:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Bates Technical College: enrollment ranged 703–1,910 (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.
  • 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).
  • Bates Technical College: net price ranged $4,176–$8,457 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -48.8% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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: Riverland Community College vs Bates Technical College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Riverland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,298 vs $12,165 at Bates Technical College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Riverland Community College leads on 150%-time completion (52.6% vs 43.4% at Bates Technical College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Bates Technical College leads on avg net price ($6,292 vs $7,427 at Riverland Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Riverland Community College and Bates Technical College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,298 versus $12,165 at Bates Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Riverland Community College and Bates Technical College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 52.6% versus 43.4% at Bates Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Riverland Community College and Bates Technical College?▼
Bates Technical College leads on avg net price at $6,292 versus $7,427 at Riverland Community College. 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