Amarillo College vs Austin Community College District

Amarillo, TX · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair TX:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Amarillo College: net price ranged $4,034–$6,224 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +2.7% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Amarillo College: enrollment shrank -26.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -261 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.
  • Austin Community College District: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -795 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.

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: Amarillo College vs Austin Community College District

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Amarillo College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,704 vs $10,590 at Austin Community College District)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Amarillo College leads on 150%-time completion (31.5% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Austin Community College District leads on median debt at graduation ($10,499 vs $15,000 at Amarillo College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Amarillo College and Austin Community College District?
Amarillo College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,704 versus $10,590 at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Amarillo College and Austin Community College District?
Amarillo College leads on 150%-time completion at 31.5% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Amarillo College and Austin Community College District?
Austin Community College District leads on median debt at graduation at $10,499 versus $15,000 at Amarillo 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