Clark College vs Long Beach City College

Vancouver, WA · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair WA:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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.

  • Clark College: enrollment shrank -52.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -479 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • Long Beach City College: enrollment ranged 20,180–23,312 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Clark College: net price ranged $6,906–$9,826 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +42.3% is not a trend (r² 0.23).
  • Long Beach City College: net price ranged $3,066–$5,323 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +5.7% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Clark College vs Long Beach City College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Long Beach City College leads on in-state tuition ($1,556 vs $5,233 at Clark College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Long Beach City College leads on avg net price ($6,202 vs $11,465 at Clark College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Clark College leads on 150%-time completion (37.3% vs 28.4% at Long Beach City College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Clark College and Long Beach City College?
Long Beach City College leads on in-state tuition at $1,556 versus $5,233 at Clark College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Clark College and Long Beach City College?
Long Beach City College leads on avg net price at $6,202 versus $11,465 at Clark College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Clark College and Long Beach City College?
Clark College leads on 150%-time completion at 37.3% versus 28.4% at Long Beach City 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