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Columbia Basin College vs College of Southern Nevada

Pasco, WA · Las Vegas, NV · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair WA:NV

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × NV
  • 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 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.

  • Columbia Basin College: enrollment ranged 4,226–6,173 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • College of Southern Nevada: enrollment shrank -8.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -293 students/yr fitted, r² 0.59.
  • Columbia Basin College: net price ranged $7,395–$9,805 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +2.9% is not a trend (r² 0.35).
  • College of Southern Nevada: net price ranged $5,806–$8,492 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -8.7% is not a trend (r² 0.23).

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: Columbia Basin College vs College of Southern Nevada

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA College of Southern Nevada leads on median debt at graduation ($8,000 vs $14,829 at Columbia Basin College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Columbia Basin College leads on 150%-time completion (30.4% vs 18.6% at College of Southern Nevada)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION College of Southern Nevada leads on in-state tuition ($4,358 vs $6,555 at Columbia Basin College)

Columbia Basin College profile · College of Southern Nevada profile · Compare other colleges

Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Columbia Basin College and College of Southern Nevada?▼
College of Southern Nevada leads on median debt at graduation at $8,000 versus $14,829 at Columbia Basin College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Columbia Basin College and College of Southern Nevada?▼
Columbia Basin College leads on 150%-time completion at 30.4% versus 18.6% at College of Southern Nevada. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Columbia Basin College and College of Southern Nevada?▼
College of Southern Nevada leads on in-state tuition at $4,358 versus $6,555 at Columbia Basin 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