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Western Iowa Tech Community College vs Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Sioux City, IA · Kirkland, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair IA:WA

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

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Western Iowa Tech Community College: average net price rose +33.4% from $6,655 (2013) to $8,875 (2023), r² 0.58.
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: net price ranged $5,886–$9,582 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -18.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Western Iowa Tech Community College: enrollment shrank -27.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -101 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 1,522–2,237 (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: Western Iowa Tech Community College vs Lake Washington Institute of Technology

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,330 vs $12,062 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $15,047 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on avg net price ($6,817 vs $8,770 at Western Iowa Tech Community College)

Western Iowa Tech Community College profile · Lake Washington Institute of Technology profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Western Iowa Tech Community College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?▼
Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,330 versus $12,062 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Western Iowa Tech Community College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?▼
Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 versus $15,047 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Western Iowa Tech Community College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?▼
Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on avg net price at $6,817 versus $8,770 at Western Iowa Tech Community 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