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Bellingham Technical College vs Westmoreland County Community College

Bellingham, WA · Youngwood, PA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WA:PA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × PA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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 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.

  • Bellingham Technical College: enrollment ranged 211–1,706 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Westmoreland County Community College: enrollment shrank -52.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -299 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • 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).
  • Westmoreland County Community College: net price ranged $3,456–$7,993 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +73.6% is not a trend (r² 0.28).

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 Westmoreland County Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Bellingham Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,809 vs $14,424 at Westmoreland County Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Westmoreland County Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (44.4% vs 28.3% at Westmoreland County Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Bellingham Technical College and Westmoreland County Community College?▼
Bellingham Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,809 versus $14,424 at Westmoreland County Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Bellingham Technical College and Westmoreland County Community College?▼
Westmoreland County Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 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 Westmoreland County Community College?▼
Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 44.4% versus 28.3% at Westmoreland County 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025