Delgado Community College vs Seattle Central College

New Orleans, LA · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair LA:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE LA × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Delgado Community College: enrollment shrank -36.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -620 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • 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).
  • Seattle Central College: net price ranged $3,745–$6,612 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.9% is not a trend (r² 0.33).

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 Seattle Central College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Seattle Central College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $20,198 at Delgado Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Seattle Central College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($39,072 vs $27,129 at Delgado Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Seattle Central College leads on 150%-time completion (31.5% vs 22.9% at Delgado Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Delgado Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $20,198 at Delgado Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Delgado Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $39,072 versus $27,129 at Delgado Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Delgado Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on 150%-time completion at 31.5% 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025