Delgado Community College vs Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

New Orleans, LA · University Park, PA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair LA:PA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE LA × PA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

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.

  • 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).
  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus: average net price rose +20.6% from $27,032 (2013) to $32,606 (2023), r² 0.60.
  • Delgado Community College: enrollment shrank -36.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -620 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus: enrollment ranged 39,460–74,630 (2013–2023, 9 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Delgado Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,279 vs $41,790 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Delgado Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,279 vs $20,644 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus leads on 150%-time completion (85.9% vs 22.9% at Delgado Community College)

Delgado Community College profile · Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Delgado Community College and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus?
Delgado Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,279 versus $41,790 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Delgado Community College and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus?
Delgado Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,279 versus $20,644 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Delgado Community College and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus?
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus leads on 150%-time completion at 85.9% versus 22.9% 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