Sinclair Community College vs College of Lake County

Dayton, OH · Grayslake, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair OH:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt 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 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.

  • College of Lake County: average net price rose +35.6% from $4,581 (2013) to $6,212 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Sinclair Community College: net price ranged $3,258–$5,741 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +31.6% is not a trend (r² 0.37).
  • Sinclair Community College: enrollment shrank -24.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -396 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • College of Lake County: enrollment shrank -22.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -275 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.

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: Sinclair Community College vs College of Lake County

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Sinclair Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,556 vs $14,400 at College of Lake County)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA College of Lake County leads on median debt at graduation ($8,735 vs $12,000 at Sinclair Community College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT College of Lake County leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (67.1% vs 50.8% at Sinclair Community College)

Sinclair Community College profile · College of Lake County profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Sinclair Community College and College of Lake County?
Sinclair Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,556 versus $14,400 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Sinclair Community College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on median debt at graduation at $8,735 versus $12,000 at Sinclair Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Sinclair Community College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 67.1% versus 50.8% at Sinclair 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