Cuesta College vs Lemoore College

San Luis Obispo, CA · Lemoore, CA · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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.

  • Cuesta College: net price ranged $7,790–$12,898 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +34.8% is not a trend (r² 0.20).
  • Lemoore College: average net price rose +14.5% from $6,950 (2013) to $7,961 (2023), r² 0.47.
  • Cuesta College: enrollment shrank -13.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -99 students/yr fitted, r² 0.55.
  • Lemoore College: enrollment shrank -15.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -83 students/yr fitted, r² 0.54.

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: Cuesta College vs Lemoore College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Cuesta College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (71.9% vs 35.0% at Lemoore College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Lemoore College leads on median debt at graduation ($9,500 vs $13,750 at Cuesta College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cuesta College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($46,047 vs $40,292 at Lemoore College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Cuesta College and Lemoore College?
Cuesta College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 71.9% versus 35.0% at Lemoore College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Cuesta College and Lemoore College?
Lemoore College leads on median debt at graduation at $9,500 versus $13,750 at Cuesta College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Cuesta College and Lemoore College?
Cuesta College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $46,047 versus $40,292 at Lemoore College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025