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