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Western Iowa Tech Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

Sioux City, IA · Chicago, IL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IA:IL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IA × IL
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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.

  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: average net price fell -42.4% from $8,515 (2013) to $4,902 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • Western Iowa Tech Community College: average net price rose +33.4% from $6,655 (2013) to $8,875 (2023), r² 0.58.
  • Western Iowa Tech Community College: enrollment shrank -27.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -101 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: enrollment shrank -65.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -305 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.

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: Western Iowa Tech Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,330 vs $15,150 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,180 vs $11,000 at Western Iowa Tech Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,639 vs $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Western Iowa Tech Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,330 versus $15,150 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Western Iowa Tech Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,180 versus $11,000 at Western Iowa Tech Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Western Iowa Tech Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?▼
Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,639 versus $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King 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