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Brookdale Community College vs Northern Virginia Community College

Lincroft, NJ · Annandale, VA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair NJ:VA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × VA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 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.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: net price ranged $8,554–$10,415 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • Brookdale Community College: enrollment shrank -36.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -523 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 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 Northern Virginia Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Brookdale Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($10,140 vs $12,409 at Northern Virginia Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Northern Virginia Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($53,557 vs $44,379 at Brookdale Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Northern Virginia Community College leads on 150%-time completion (35.2% vs 29.4% at Brookdale Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Brookdale Community College and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Brookdale Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $10,140 versus $12,409 at Northern Virginia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Brookdale Community College and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $53,557 versus $44,379 at Brookdale Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Brookdale Community College and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 35.2% versus 29.4% at Brookdale 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