State Fair Community College vs Maria College of Albany

Sedalia, MO · Albany, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MO:NY

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MO × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • State Fair Community College: net price ranged $4,349–$7,485 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +31.8% is not a trend (r² 0.24).
  • Maria College of Albany: average net price rose +24.5% from $12,893 (2013) to $16,055 (2023), r² 0.54.
  • State Fair Community College: enrollment shrank -43.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -198 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Maria College of Albany: enrollment ranged 702–876 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: State Fair Community College vs Maria College of Albany

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION State Fair Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,176 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI State Fair Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,416 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA State Fair Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,500 vs $20,528 at Maria College of Albany)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between State Fair Community College and Maria College of Albany?
State Fair Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,176 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between State Fair Community College and Maria College of Albany?
State Fair Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,416 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between State Fair Community College and Maria College of Albany?
State Fair Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,500 versus $20,528 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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