Western Technical College vs University of Arkansas Grantham

La Crosse, WI · LIttle Rock, AR · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair WI:AR

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × AR
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Western Technical College: average net price rose +25.1% from $9,647 (2013) to $12,069 (2023), r² 0.47.
  • University of Arkansas Grantham: average net price fell -13.2% from $10,744 (2013) to $9,325 (2023), r² 0.49.
  • Western Technical College: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -78 students/yr fitted, r² 0.79.
  • University of Arkansas Grantham: enrollment shrank -66.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -732 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

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 University of Arkansas Grantham

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Western Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,500 vs $21,956 at University of Arkansas Grantham)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Western Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,820 vs $8,520 at University of Arkansas Grantham)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Western Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($41,169 vs $26,870 at University of Arkansas Grantham)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Western Technical College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
Western Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,500 versus $21,956 at University of Arkansas Grantham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Western Technical College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
Western Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,820 versus $8,520 at University of Arkansas Grantham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Western Technical College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
Western Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $41,169 versus $26,870 at University of Arkansas Grantham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025