Century College vs Seattle Central College

White Bear Lake, MN · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair MN:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Century College: enrollment shrank -37.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -339 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Century College: net price ranged $8,891–$11,071 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +4.5% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • Seattle Central College: net price ranged $3,745–$6,612 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.9% 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: Century College vs Seattle Central College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Seattle Central College leads on avg net price ($8,819 vs $10,906 at Century College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Seattle Central College leads on in-state tuition ($5,184 vs $6,214 at Century College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Seattle Central College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $14,250 at Century College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Century College and Seattle Central College?
Seattle Central College leads on avg net price at $8,819 versus $10,906 at Century College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Century College and Seattle Central College?
Seattle Central College leads on in-state tuition at $5,184 versus $6,214 at Century College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Century College and Seattle Central College?
Seattle Central College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $14,250 at Century College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025