Western Technical College vs Northern Virginia Community College

La Crosse, WI · Annandale, VA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WI:VA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × VA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 Technical College: average net price rose +25.1% from $9,647 (2013) to $12,069 (2023), r² 0.47.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: net price ranged $8,554–$10,415 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • Western Technical College: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -78 students/yr fitted, r² 0.79.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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 Technical College vs Northern Virginia Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Western Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,078 vs $12,409 at Northern Virginia Community College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Western Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,820 vs $5,891 at Northern Virginia Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Northern Virginia Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($53,557 vs $45,303 at Western Technical College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Western Technical College and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Western Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,078 versus $12,409 at Northern Virginia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Western Technical College and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Western Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,820 versus $5,891 at Northern Virginia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Western Technical College and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $53,557 versus $45,303 at Western Technical 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