Delgado Community College vs Austin Community College District

New Orleans, LA · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair LA:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE LA × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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 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.

  • Delgado Community College: net price ranged $6,942–$11,926 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +71.5% is not a trend (r² 0.25).
  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Delgado Community College: enrollment shrank -36.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -620 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: Delgado Community College vs Austin Community College District

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Delgado Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,279 vs $10,590 at Austin Community College District)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Austin Community College District leads on median debt at graduation ($10,499 vs $20,198 at Delgado Community College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition ($2,550 vs $4,279 at Delgado Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Delgado Community College and Austin Community College District?
Delgado Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,279 versus $10,590 at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Delgado Community College and Austin Community College District?
Austin Community College District leads on median debt at graduation at $10,499 versus $20,198 at Delgado Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Delgado Community College and Austin Community College District?
Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition at $2,550 versus $4,279 at Delgado 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