Brookdale Community College vs Holyoke Community College

Lincroft, NJ · Holyoke, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair NJ:MA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × MA
  • 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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Brookdale Community College: average net price rose +30.7% from $6,798 (2013) to $8,882 (2023), r² 0.79.
  • Holyoke Community College: net price ranged $6,807–$8,271 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -13.9% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Brookdale Community College: enrollment shrank -36.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -523 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Holyoke Community College: enrollment shrank -50.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -375 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: Brookdale Community College vs Holyoke Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Holyoke Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,250 vs $12,000 at Brookdale Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Holyoke Community College leads on avg net price ($8,068 vs $11,231 at Brookdale Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Brookdale Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($44,379 vs $37,277 at Holyoke Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Brookdale Community College and Holyoke Community College?
Holyoke Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,250 versus $12,000 at Brookdale Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Brookdale Community College and Holyoke Community College?
Holyoke Community College leads on avg net price at $8,068 versus $11,231 at Brookdale Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Brookdale Community College and Holyoke Community College?
Brookdale Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $44,379 versus $37,277 at Holyoke 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