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Erie Community College vs Seattle Central College

Buffalo, NY · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair NY:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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

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.

  • Erie Community College: average net price rose +21.8% from $5,218 (2013) to $6,358 (2023), r² 0.43.
  • 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).
  • Erie Community College: enrollment shrank -48.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -570 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (2013–2023, 11 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: Erie Community College vs Seattle Central College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,745 vs $11,300 at Erie Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Erie Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($9,250 vs $12,000 at Seattle Central College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Seattle Central College leads on in-state tuition ($5,184 vs $6,100 at Erie Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Erie Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,745 versus $11,300 at Erie Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Erie Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Erie Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $9,250 versus $12,000 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Erie Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on in-state tuition at $5,184 versus $6,100 at Erie 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