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Southern Adventist University vs Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga

Collegedale, TN · Chattanooga, TN · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-OUTCOME

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TN
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga: enrollment grew +729.6% over 2013–2023; fitted +241 students/yr fitted, r² 0.53.
  • Southern Adventist University: enrollment ranged 2,296–2,693 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Southern Adventist University: average net price rose +30.4% from $18,668 (2013) to $24,334 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga: average net price rose +17.6% from $21,489 (2013) to $25,266 (2023), r² 0.60.

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: Southern Adventist University vs Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga

  1. RETENTION-RATE Southern Adventist University leads on retention rate (82.8% vs 0.0% at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Southern Adventist University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (76.3% vs 39.7% at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Southern Adventist University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($53,723 vs $31,102 at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Southern Adventist University and Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga?▼
Southern Adventist University leads on retention rate at 82.8% versus 0.0% at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Southern Adventist University and Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga?▼
Southern Adventist University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 76.3% versus 39.7% at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern Adventist University and Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga?▼
Southern Adventist University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $53,723 versus $31,102 at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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