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Southern Careers Institute-Austin vs William Rainey Harper College

Austin, TX · Palatine, IL · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair TX:IL

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE TX × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings 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 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 Southern Careers Institute-Austin and William Rainey Harper 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.

  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • Southern Careers Institute-Austin: average net price fell -13.6% from $27,157 (2013) to $23,458 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • Southern Careers Institute-Austin: enrollment grew +241.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +91 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • William Rainey Harper College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -300 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: Southern Careers Institute-Austin vs William Rainey Harper College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT William Rainey Harper College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (58.3% vs 22.4% at Southern Careers Institute-Austin)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE William Rainey Harper College leads on avg net price ($11,607 vs $25,660 at Southern Careers Institute-Austin)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($48,071 vs $27,035 at Southern Careers Institute-Austin)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Austin and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 58.3% versus 22.4% at Southern Careers Institute-Austin. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Austin and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on avg net price at $11,607 versus $25,660 at Southern Careers Institute-Austin. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Austin and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $48,071 versus $27,035 at Southern Careers Institute-Austin. 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