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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College vs University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Asheville, NC · Lowell, MA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair NC:MA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NC × MA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: enrollment shrank -22.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -176 students/yr fitted, r² 0.64.
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: enrollment ranged 11,632–13,601 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: net price ranged $5,600–$12,851 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.4% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: net price ranged $14,071–$20,079 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +13.9% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College vs University of Massachusetts-Lowell

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College leads on in-state tuition ($2,882 vs $16,966 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($9,026 vs $36,264 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI University of Massachusetts-Lowell leads on 150%-time completion (67.4% vs 35.7% at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College)

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College profile · University of Massachusetts-Lowell profile · Compare other colleges

In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College leads on in-state tuition at $2,882 versus $16,966 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $9,026 versus $36,264 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
University of Massachusetts-Lowell leads on 150%-time completion at 67.4% versus 35.7% at Asheville-Buncombe Technical 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025