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Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen vs Riverland Community College

Harlingen, TX · Austin, MN · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair TX:MN

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE TX × MN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen: enrollment ranged 331–581 (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.
  • Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen: net price ranged $21,343–$25,548 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.9% is not a trend (r² 0.06).
  • 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).

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-Harlingen vs Riverland Community College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Riverland Community College leads on avg net price ($7,427 vs $23,724 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Riverland Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($45,247 vs $27,035 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Riverland Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($41,043 vs $24,849 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on avg net price at $7,427 versus $23,724 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $45,247 versus $27,035 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $41,043 versus $24,849 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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