University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain vs Western Texas College

Mena, AR · Snyder, TX · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

Scorecard match plate

Pair AR:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE AR × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Western Texas College: enrollment shrank -28.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -46 students/yr fitted, r² 0.67.
  • University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain: enrollment ranged 441–558 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain: net price ranged $4,458–$5,944 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +8.3% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Western Texas College: net price ranged $3,035–$5,561 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.2% is not a trend (r² 0.01).

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

Largest gaps: University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain vs Western Texas College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Western Texas College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,926 vs $22,765 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,272 vs $6,150 at Western Texas College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Western Texas College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($42,508 vs $30,037 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain)

University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain profile · Western Texas College profile · Compare other colleges

Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain and Western Texas College?▼
Western Texas College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,926 versus $22,765 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 Western Texas College?▼
University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,272 versus $6,150 at Western Texas College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain and Western Texas College?▼
Western Texas College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $42,508 versus $30,037 at University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain. 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