College of Lake County vs Austin Community College District

Grayslake, IL · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair IL:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • College of Lake County: average net price rose +35.6% from $4,581 (2013) to $6,212 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • College of Lake County: enrollment shrank -22.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -275 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.
  • Austin Community College District: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -795 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.

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: College of Lake County vs Austin Community College District

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI College of Lake County leads on 150%-time completion (37.8% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition ($2,550 vs $4,788 at College of Lake County)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Austin Community College District leads on out-of-state tuition ($10,590 vs $14,400 at College of Lake County)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between College of Lake County and Austin Community College District?
College of Lake County leads on 150%-time completion at 37.8% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between College of Lake County and Austin Community College District?
Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition at $2,550 versus $4,788 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between College of Lake County and Austin Community College District?
Austin Community College District leads on out-of-state tuition at $10,590 versus $14,400 at College of Lake County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025