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Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen vs William Rainey Harper College

Harlingen, 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-GAP · GAP-FOCUS

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE TX × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • 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).
  • Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen: enrollment ranged 331–581 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • 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-Harlingen 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-Harlingen)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE William Rainey Harper College leads on avg net price ($11,607 vs $23,724 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($48,071 vs $27,035 at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen 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-Harlingen. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on avg net price at $11,607 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 William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $48,071 versus $27,035 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); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025