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Somerset Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

Somerset, KY · Chicago, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair KY:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE KY × IL
  • 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 BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Average net price fell on both sides

BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023

Fitted net-price slopes at Somerset Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College both decline over 2013–2023. Sticker tuition can still rise while the aided Title IV cohort average moves the other way, this board is about the aided average.

  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: average net price fell -42.4% from $8,515 (2013) to $4,902 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • Somerset Community College: average net price fell -32.9% from $5,830 (2013) to $3,913 (2023), r² 0.80.
  • Somerset Community College: enrollment shrank -35.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -256 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.
  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: enrollment shrank -65.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -305 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.

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: Somerset Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Somerset Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,432 vs $15,150 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Somerset Community College leads on avg net price ($4,398 vs $9,494 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,180 vs $12,215 at Somerset Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Somerset Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Somerset Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,432 versus $15,150 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Somerset Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Somerset Community College leads on avg net price at $4,398 versus $9,494 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Somerset Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,180 versus $12,215 at Somerset 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