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Bellingham Technical College vs CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College

Bellingham, WA · New York, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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.

  • CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College: average net price fell -27.6% from $6,778 (2013) to $4,907 (2023), r² 0.62.
  • Bellingham Technical College: net price ranged $1,893–$6,787 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +10.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Bellingham Technical College: enrollment ranged 211–1,706 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -971 students/yr fitted, r² 0.72.

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: Bellingham Technical College vs CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,574 vs $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (44.4% vs 25.4% at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Bellingham Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,809 vs $8,050 at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Bellingham Technical College and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College?▼
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,574 versus $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Bellingham Technical College and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College?▼
Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 44.4% versus 25.4% at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Bellingham Technical College and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College?▼
Bellingham Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,809 versus $8,050 at CUNY Borough of Manhattan 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