Stephens College vs Columbia College

Columbia, MO · Columbia, MO · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-FOCUS

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MO
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Columbia College: average net price rose +94.5% from $12,366 (2013) to $24,051 (2023), r² 0.48.
  • Stephens College: net price ranged $18,254–$23,277 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.4% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Stephens College: enrollment shrank -45.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -39 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.
  • Columbia College: enrollment shrank -65.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,169 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.

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: Stephens College vs Columbia College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Stephens College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (71.4% vs 57.4% at Columbia College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Columbia College leads on median debt at graduation ($23,879 vs $27,000 at Stephens College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Columbia College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($40,747 vs $36,778 at Stephens College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Stephens College and Columbia College?
Stephens College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 71.4% versus 57.4% at Columbia College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Stephens College and Columbia College?
Columbia College leads on median debt at graduation at $23,879 versus $27,000 at Stephens College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Stephens College and Columbia College?
Columbia College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $40,747 versus $36,778 at Stephens College. 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