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University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain vs Thomas Edison State University

Mena, AR · Trenton, NJ · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair AR:NJ

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE AR × NJ
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Thomas Edison State University: enrollment shrank -65.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,204 students/yr fitted, r² 0.79.
  • University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain: enrollment ranged 441–558 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain vs Thomas Edison State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Thomas Edison State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($65,570 vs $22,765 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Thomas Edison State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($69,331 vs $30,037 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,272 vs $8,856 at Thomas Edison State University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain and Thomas Edison State University?▼
Thomas Edison State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $65,570 versus $22,765 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain and Thomas Edison State University?▼
Thomas Edison State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $69,331 versus $30,037 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain and Thomas Edison State University?▼
University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,272 versus $8,856 at Thomas Edison 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); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025