Collin County Community College District vs Houston City College

McKinney, TX · Houston, TX · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair TX:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Collin County Community College District: average net price rose +62.3% from $5,535 (2013) to $8,986 (2023), r² 0.75.
  • Houston City College: net price ranged $4,813–$9,646 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -22.3% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • Collin County Community College District: enrollment ranged 24,159–26,011 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Houston City College: enrollment shrank -34.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -2,298 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.

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: Collin County Community College District vs Houston City College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Collin County Community College District leads on median debt at graduation ($7,500 vs $13,921 at Houston City College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Houston City College leads on avg net price ($5,737 vs $8,969 at Collin County Community College District)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Collin County Community College District leads on 150%-time completion (21.1% vs 16.8% at Houston City College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Collin County Community College District and Houston City College?
Collin County Community College District leads on median debt at graduation at $7,500 versus $13,921 at Houston City College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Collin County Community College District and Houston City College?
Houston City College leads on avg net price at $5,737 versus $8,969 at Collin County Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Collin County Community College District and Houston City College?
Collin County Community College District leads on 150%-time completion at 21.1% versus 16.8% at Houston 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025