Tennessee Technological University vs Valley City State University

Cookeville, TN · Valley City, ND · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair TN:ND

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TN × ND
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • 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 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.

  • Tennessee Technological University: enrollment shrank -13.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -172 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.
  • Valley City State University: enrollment ranged 914–1,038 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Tennessee Technological University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.02).
  • Valley City State University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.30).

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 Technological University vs Valley City State University

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Valley City State University leads on in-state tuition ($8,514 vs $11,376 at Tennessee Technological University)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Tennessee Technological University leads on median debt at graduation ($15,650 vs $20,369 at Valley City State University)
  3. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Tennessee Technological University leads on acceptance rate (76.1% vs 99.1% at Valley City State University)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Tennessee Technological University and Valley City State University?▼
Valley City State University leads on in-state tuition at $8,514 versus $11,376 at Tennessee Technological University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Tennessee Technological University and Valley City State University?▼
Tennessee Technological University leads on median debt at graduation at $15,650 versus $20,369 at Valley City State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Tennessee Technological University and Valley City State University?▼
Tennessee Technological University leads on acceptance rate at 76.1% versus 99.1% at Valley City State University. 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