Bristol Community College vs Long Beach City College

Fall River, MA · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MA:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Bristol Community College: enrollment shrank -38.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -386 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • Long Beach City College: enrollment ranged 20,180–23,312 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Bristol Community College: net price ranged $6,113–$7,329 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +2.0% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Long Beach City College: net price ranged $3,066–$5,323 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +5.7% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Bristol Community College vs Long Beach City College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Long Beach City College leads on in-state tuition ($1,556 vs $5,832 at Bristol Community College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bristol Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (65.6% vs 45.5% at Long Beach City College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Long Beach City College leads on 150%-time completion (28.4% vs 21.5% at Bristol Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Bristol Community College and Long Beach City College?
Long Beach City College leads on in-state tuition at $1,556 versus $5,832 at Bristol Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Bristol Community College and Long Beach City College?
Bristol Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 65.6% versus 45.5% at Long Beach City College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Bristol Community College and Long Beach City College?
Long Beach City College leads on 150%-time completion at 28.4% versus 21.5% at Bristol 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