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Delaware County Community College vs Austin Community College District

Media, PA · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × TX
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Delaware County Community College: net price ranged $5,428–$13,048 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.4% is not a trend (r² 0.31).
  • Delaware County Community College: enrollment shrank -46.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -554 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Austin Community College District: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -795 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.

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: Delaware County Community College vs Austin Community College District

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition ($2,550 vs $6,930 at Delaware County Community College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Austin Community College District leads on out-of-state tuition ($10,590 vs $15,540 at Delaware County Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Austin Community College District leads on median debt at graduation ($10,499 vs $13,250 at Delaware County Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Delaware County Community College and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition at $2,550 versus $6,930 at Delaware County Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Delaware County Community College and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on out-of-state tuition at $10,590 versus $15,540 at Delaware County Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Delaware County Community College and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on median debt at graduation at $10,499 versus $13,250 at Delaware County 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025