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