Del Mar College vs Trident Technical College

Corpus Christi, TX · Charleston, SC · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair TX:SC

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × SC
  • 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 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.

  • Trident Technical College: enrollment shrank -29.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -563 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • Del Mar College: enrollment ranged 9,038–11,689 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Del Mar College: net price ranged $4,250–$5,859 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.7% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Trident Technical College: average net price moved $6,433 → -$3,220 over 2013–2023 (crossed zero, dollars only).

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: Del Mar College vs Trident Technical College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Trident Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (29.2% vs 11.9% at Del Mar College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Trident Technical College leads on avg net price ($1,406 vs $3,399 at Del Mar College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Del Mar College leads on median debt at graduation ($5,500 vs $13,029 at Trident Technical College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Del Mar College and Trident Technical College?
Trident Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 29.2% versus 11.9% at Del Mar College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Del Mar College and Trident Technical College?
Trident Technical College leads on avg net price at $1,406 versus $3,399 at Del Mar College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Del Mar College and Trident Technical College?
Del Mar College leads on median debt at graduation at $5,500 versus $13,029 at Trident Technical College. 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