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Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll vs William Rainey Harper College

Paris, TN · Palatine, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TN × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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.
  • Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll: net price ranged $3,716–$9,720 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.3% is not a trend (r² 0.06).
  • Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll: enrollment shrank -25.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.74.
  • 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: Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll vs William Rainey Harper College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($48,071 vs $29,074 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll leads on 150%-time completion (71.2% vs 46.6% at William Rainey Harper College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($40,035 vs $28,487 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $48,071 versus $29,074 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll and William Rainey Harper College?▼
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll leads on 150%-time completion at 71.2% versus 46.6% at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll and William Rainey Harper College?▼
William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $40,035 versus $28,487 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025