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Austin Community College District vs Saint Louis Community College

Austin, TX · Bridgeton, MO · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair TX:MO

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × MO
  • 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.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Saint Louis Community College: net price ranged $6,458–$7,565 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -10.4% is not a trend (r² 0.33).
  • Austin Community College District: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -795 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Saint Louis Community College: enrollment shrank -47.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,003 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.

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 Saint Louis Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Saint Louis Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,725 vs $10,499 at Austin Community College District)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Saint Louis Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,990 vs $10,590 at Austin Community College District)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition ($2,550 vs $3,660 at Saint Louis Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Austin Community College District and Saint Louis Community College?▼
Saint Louis Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,725 versus $10,499 at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Austin Community College District and Saint Louis Community College?▼
Saint Louis Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,990 versus $10,590 at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Austin Community College District and Saint Louis Community College?▼
Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition at $2,550 versus $3,660 at Saint Louis 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025