Central Maine Community College vs Raritan Valley Community College

Auburn, ME · Branchburg, NJ · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair ME:NJ

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE ME × NJ
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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.

  • Raritan Valley Community College: enrollment shrank -27.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -195 students/yr fitted, r² 0.74.
  • Central Maine Community College: enrollment ranged 2,011–2,828 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Central Maine Community College: net price ranged $6,047–$10,316 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -13.0% is not a trend (r² 0.08).
  • Raritan Valley Community College: net price ranged $4,697–$7,128 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +25.1% is not a trend (r² 0.33).

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: Central Maine Community College vs Raritan Valley Community College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Central Maine Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,140 vs $5,664 at Raritan Valley Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Raritan Valley Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($39,229 vs $31,977 at Central Maine Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Raritan Valley Community College leads on 150%-time completion (33.2% vs 29.0% at Central Maine Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Central Maine Community College and Raritan Valley Community College?▼
Central Maine Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,140 versus $5,664 at Raritan Valley Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Central Maine Community College and Raritan Valley Community College?▼
Raritan Valley Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $39,229 versus $31,977 at Central Maine Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Central Maine Community College and Raritan Valley Community College?▼
Raritan Valley Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 33.2% versus 29.0% at Central Maine 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