Three Rivers College vs William Rainey Harper College

Poplar Bluff, MO · Palatine, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MO:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MO × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-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

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.

  • Three Rivers College: net price ranged $6,861–$9,980 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +40.7% is not a trend (r² 0.36).
  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • Three Rivers College: enrollment shrank -38.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -142 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • 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: Three Rivers College vs William Rainey Harper College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Three Rivers College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,180 vs $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($48,071 vs $32,442 at Three Rivers College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI William Rainey Harper College leads on 150%-time completion (46.6% vs 34.0% at Three Rivers College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Three Rivers College and William Rainey Harper College?
Three Rivers College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,180 versus $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Three Rivers College and William Rainey Harper College?
William Rainey Harper College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $48,071 versus $32,442 at Three Rivers College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Three Rivers College and William Rainey Harper College?
William Rainey Harper College leads on 150%-time completion at 46.6% versus 34.0% at Three Rivers College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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