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Columbia State Community College vs CUNY LaGuardia Community College

Columbia, TN · Long Island City, NY · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair TN:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TN × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-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.

  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: enrollment shrank -37.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -720 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.
  • Columbia State Community College: enrollment ranged 3,661–4,963 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Columbia State Community College: net price ranged $4,576–$7,644 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -27.4% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: net price ranged $5,699–$8,378 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -28.0% is not a trend (r² 0.35).

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 State Community College vs CUNY LaGuardia Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,098 vs $18,112 at Columbia State Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Columbia State Community College leads on avg net price ($4,734 vs $6,120 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Columbia State Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (66.3% vs 52.7% at CUNY LaGuardia Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Columbia State Community College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?▼
CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,098 versus $18,112 at Columbia State Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Columbia State Community College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?▼
Columbia State Community College leads on avg net price at $4,734 versus $6,120 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Columbia State Community College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?▼
Columbia State Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 66.3% versus 52.7% at CUNY LaGuardia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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