Charter College vs Lone Star College System

Anchorage, AK · The Woodlands, TX · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair AK:TX

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE AK × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.

  • Lone Star College System: average net price rose +51.8% from $6,141 (2013) to $9,322 (2023), r² 0.86.
  • Charter College: net price ranged $17,691–$30,904 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +42.6% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Charter College: enrollment ranged 1,910–3,256 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lone Star College System: enrollment shrank -15.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,320 students/yr fitted, r² 0.73.

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: Charter College vs Lone Star College System

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Lone Star College System leads on in-state tuition ($3,330 vs $18,375 at Charter College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Lone Star College System leads on avg net price ($11,252 vs $34,860 at Charter College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Charter College leads on 150%-time completion (57.0% vs 19.8% at Lone Star College System)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Charter College and Lone Star College System?
Lone Star College System leads on in-state tuition at $3,330 versus $18,375 at Charter College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Charter College and Lone Star College System?
Lone Star College System leads on avg net price at $11,252 versus $34,860 at Charter College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Charter College and Lone Star College System?
Charter College leads on 150%-time completion at 57.0% versus 19.8% at Lone Star College System. 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