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Austin Community College District vs Northern Virginia Community College

Austin, TX · Annandale, VA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair TX:VA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × VA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 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.
  • 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).
  • Austin Community College District: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -795 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • 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: Austin Community College District vs Northern Virginia Community College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition ($2,550 vs $5,891 at Northern Virginia Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Northern Virginia Community College leads on 150%-time completion (35.2% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Austin Community College District leads on avg net price ($6,390 vs $9,919 at Northern Virginia Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Austin Community College District and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition at $2,550 versus $5,891 at Northern Virginia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Austin Community College District and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 35.2% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Austin Community College District and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Austin Community College District leads on avg net price at $6,390 versus $9,919 at Northern Virginia 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